Crossing The EquatorNicholas Christopher has been praised as one of Americas most important poets by such literary talents as John Ashbery, Charles Simic, James Merrill, and Anthony Hecht. Crossing the Equator collects Christophers best work from the past three decades and includes a section of new poems that are among his finest. Cold missiles and a rain of embers accompany the men who slide like shadows into the city faces mud smeared stones for teeth no eyes who slit

Things turned awkward in a hurry when they found themselves sharing a post hookup taxi

then dive into the bawdy music halls of the rue de la Gaité to experience the high and low life that fueled a generation of artists

they’re invited on Flip Off

established religious institutions weren’t always holy or safe

’ Daily Telegraph

Orville Anders burrows into the bowels of the Heap to find his brother Bernard

A powerful portrait of one girl's journey through the purgatory of depression and back

dazzlingly brilliant novel is a literary delight—and the final gift from an American literary legend

after a life of growing up with her in the South

” — Wendy Walker

put herself in terrible danger

empowering readers everywhere with the permission to