Slipping Under Diamond Light

37 pp. Drawings by Donna Oehmig. This collection of poetry has been letterpress printed from handset type and the pages sewn by hand, as well. The books' five illustrations, by artist Donna Oehmig, have been silk-screen printed by hand. This book has been produced in the same manner as a book would have been 120 years ago. Christopher Locke writes true-story poems about growing up in America, poems delivered in plain sure-footed language. Read a few opening lines and you wil find yourself helplessly engaged. --Billy Collins.