The official release date of my sixth book,
The O in the Air, is this Friday, July 7. My quickie description of the book's unifying theme has been that it's "about growing up Catholic in a family with too many secrets," but you can read the more detailed back cover copy (graciously provided by Angela Alaimo O'Donnell) at this site:
https://www.cuapress.org/97817366561...-o-in-the-air/
(Hint, hint: you can also buy the book there.)
The book includes a number of poems that first saw the light here at Eratosphere, so I owe thanks to you all again. And I owe special thanks to Mary Meriam, who prompted us, many years ago, to write "basic me" poems and so stirred up the line that is the book's title.