Split HorizonThomas Lux is the author of such books as Sunday, Half Promised Land, and The Drowned River. His poetry has been fulfilling every expectation by penetrating deeper into the plain spoken, saturnine, witty language that he virtually invented. In his latest poetry collection, Luxs level gaze, cool talk, weird rhythms, and quirky humor place him in a special territory entirely original of contemporary American poetry. These new poems, like Split Horizon

to the amazing Miami Dolphins championship in Super Bowl VII that capped their seventeen-game undefeated season

Other than their first names

taut and suspenseful conclusion to The Last Hours

Looking to become more empathetic

The quads have no recourse but to continue with their lives

'People kept remarking on how they were surprised that a gold medal and fame hadn't changed me

Nujeen taught herself English by watching American soap operas

It takes a whole town to pack a colossal compendium with loads of laughs

Breaking the Age Code is a landmark work

Brent Staples poses some compelling questions: Where does the family end the self begin

when the city reveals a secret character not found in any guidebook

read by David Suchet