Exhibit of Forking Paths

"Words are squeezed into usage that had no right to be there--nouns, verbs, who cares what they once were? There is something illuminating at the core of this book, something bright and burning we can carry with us wherever we go."--James Tate

These poems pair electrical circuit diagrams with prose poems and create an artful labyrinth of science, intellectual landscapes, and urban scenes.

The founding editor of Bateau Press and the author of The City from Nome, James Grinwis lives in western Massachusetts with his wife and children.