"Untroubled authority . . . and the talent to make us weep."--Dan
Chiasson, Poetry
"He has written the most important poetic sequences published by an
American poet during the last several decades. He is the most
interesting American poet writing today, the least predictable and the
most challenging."--David Caplan, Pleiades
Legible Heavens explores what the most intimate forms of experience
reveal about our most cosmic concerns. Its four sequences act like
compass points to orient a human landscape.
The author of numerous books of poetry, criticism, and essay, H. L.
Hix teaches at the University of Wyoming. His Chromatic was a
finalist for the National Book Award.