This is a very odd anthology. It is not a collection of poets from Maine, nor is it a collection of poetry about Maine. Instead, it's a collection of poetry by poets who have some tie to Maine, whether the poem is about Maine or not. I met some interesting new poets here and I read some interesting poems about Maine, but what I really wanted was a collection of poetry that reflected what Maine is like. So every time I picked it up, I had this vaguely annoyed feeling, wondering how this poem or poet might be loosely connected to Maine. If you want an anthology of sort of random poems by US poets, mostly from the Northeast, this was interesting, but if you want something about Maine, look elsewhere. ( )