Without A Field Guide Author|Julie Dunstan-Brewer nothing is ever as precise

nothing is ever as precise as the needle of the compass might suggest

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each adding to the overall polyphony

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Without A Field Guide Author|Julie Dunstan-Brewer nothing is ever as preciseNicole Robinson's debut collection, Without a Field Guide, combines lyric intensity with narrative sweep. This poet attends to the bare reality of trauma and its aftermath, the challenge of navigating life "without a field guide to identify who I am or where I'm flying." But if these poems focus on an individual healing process, they also surprise with their wide variety of subjects and tones, as with their depiction of a contemporary America marked