<DIV><p>This generous book-length poem is an investigation of the author's unique personal history as it entwines with his present role as poet, citizen, and "one of the six billion-plus."</p><p><I>The hope of a plurality<BR>of recognition guides<BR>us into, back into, our<BR>common definition of<BR>caring . . . </I></p><p><B>Anselm Berrigan</B> is the author of <I>Free Cell</I>, <I>Some Notes on My Programming</I>, and <I>Zero Star Hotel</I>, among others. He is the current poetry editor for <I>The Brooklyn Rail</I> and the former director of The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church. He lives in New York.</p><BR></DIV>