Whaling Town: Poems

"The poems are refreshing. Ambient. Mysterious . . . With language both tempered and ecstatic, Allen gives us a book steeped in the salt of old ports, the bite of memory, and the unexpected warmth of the now." -Matthew Lippman, award-winning author of We Are All Sleeping with Our Sneakers On

This is a place you never hear about in America...

A unique American collection of poetry, Whaling Town explores the rough work of self-realization and the roots that anchor us to the unsteady ground of ...