"Charming, melancholy, hip."— , starred review "Zapruder's innovative style is provocative in its unusual juxtapositions of line, image and enjambments. . . . Highly recommended."— Matthew Zapruder's third book mixes humor and invention with love and loss, as when the breath of a lover is compared to "a field of titanium gravestones / growing warmer in the sun." The title poem is an elegy for the heroes and mentors in the poet's life—from David Foster Wallace to the poet's father. Zapruder's poems are direct and surprising, and throughout the book he wrestles with the desire to do well, to make art, and to face the vast events of the day. holds degrees from Amherst College, UC Berkeley, and the University of Massachusetts. He is the author of two previous books, including , which won the William Carlos Williams Award and was honored by with a "Best Poetry Book of the Year" listing. He lives in San Francisco and is an editor at Wave Books.