Wild Flight

Soaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture, from the European landscape of World War II to the current war in Iraq, Christine Rhein opens her personal world to the world at large. In poems that explore the historical, social, and scientific as well as the poignant and humorous, Rhein relishes life’s juxtapositions.

FROM THE BOOK

"Friday Night"

and we're not perched at some neon-lit Manhattan bar,
not dancing in the ballroom of the Sa...