Known for his fictional and poetic portrayals of his rural Appalachian roots, the writer Rusty Barnes now turns his attention to his life's second act and twenty plus years of urban living. Ranging widely in subject matter, On Broad Sound's poems were inspired by and often titled with locations in and around the author's adopted home in Revere, Massachusetts. Watching planes land at Logan Airport, eating cookies with the city mayor, watching his children play in a marsh partially sectioned off by yellow crime tape, these are only some of the unlikely situations that yield insight under the poet's intent gaze. Part urban travelogue and part sharp portrayal of modern life, this book will appeal to Boston locals and poetry aesthetes alike.
