" Unlike so many of his lank, mealy-mouthed contemporaries, John Foy is unafraid to deploy language that is both rhetorically robust and sonically lush. His excellent book reminds us of what English can do when it is called upon to balance exquisite verbal mastery, emotional immediacy, and abiding intelligence." -- David Yezzi. John Foy is the managing editor in Global High Yield Research at Bear Stearns in New York. His poetry has appeared in the "New Yorker," "Poetry," "New Criterion," "Parnassus," and "Southwest Review," among other journals, as well as on the Internet. He has taught writing at Harvard Business School, Columbia University, and Barnard College, and his reviews have appeared in "Parnassus" and other publications. He lives in New York City with his wife, son, and daughter.