Ok, I thought I would provide insight on just the first two parts of this collection of poetry for now, as poetry takes a little more care to discuss than novels and comic books. The first set of collected poems comes from his 1988 book The Apple that Astonished Paris. The best title, and maybe the best poem, is "Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a Gun in the House". Think: incessantly barking dog. As you read the rest it becomes apparent that he is a poet that likes to write about writing. His poems here range from "blah" to "trite". He also likes to write about teaching writing. These are some of his better poems. In the poem "Books" I found this passage that seemed right, "I see all of us reading ourselves away from ourselves". His book From Questions About Angels might be awful based on the poems selected here. However, "Candle Hat" about Goya is GREAT. As is "First Reader" (re: Dick and Jane books) and this clever turn of phrase regarding school, "We were forgetting how to look, learning how to read."
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