When Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain, he took with him a guidebook--a much-thumbed copy of Marco Polo's Livre des Merveilles. This book of wonders was my springboard for my upcoming new book. I wrote many of these poems in Banff, getting fantastic help from Don McKay, Stephanie Bolster, and John Glenday.
It's not available quite yet but you can reserve a copy with me and I will personally mail your copy in April, along with a one-time-only spring 2012 chapbook. $20 postage included; payment through paypal. Drop me a line at pasoldla (at) gmail (dot) com