The Dictionary of Unspeakable Noise: New & Selected Poems 1975-2018
shows how Clint McCown ". . .keeps a wry eye on the universe and thereby
keeps his sanity and ours." And why "He is asking all or most of the big
questions, which are still the right questions," according to Roger
Mitchell. Matthew Dickman says that McCown's poetry ". . .delves into
the unruly world of nature, not as a guide or simply as scenery, but
with the steady gaze of the late John Haines. Here nature, family, and
selfhood are not just talked about but explored and questioned." Open
this book to any page and you'll find Clint McCown turning the universe
over and over in his mind to find the answers to his sometimes unusual
and always perceptive questions.