Bluegrass Wasteland

"Bluegrass Wasteland: Selected Poems 1978-2003" draws on T. R. Hummer's seven collections of poetry and serves to locate him as one of America's most distinguished poets. His work is characterised by a mixture of intellectual and emotional observation; his poems leap off the page through the sheer scope of his imagination. A master of the longer poem, he draws on his skills as a saxophonist and one-time band member to give his narrative a rhythm and drive that make for utterly compelling reading.