<div><p>"His territory is [where] passion and eloquence collide and fuse.'?<I>The New York Times</I></p><p>"Richard Siken writes about love, desire, violence, and eroticism with a cinematic brilliance and urgency."?<I>Huffington Post</I></p><p>Richard Siken's debut, <I>Crush</I>, won the Yale Younger Poets' Prize, sold over 20,000 copies, and earned him a devoted fan-base. In this much-anticipated second book, Richard Siken seeks definite answers to indefinite questions: what it means to be called to make?whether it is a self, love, war, or art?and what it means to answer that call. In poems equal parts contradiction and clarity, logic and dream, Siken tells the modern world an unforgettable fable about itself.</p><p><B>The Museum</B></p><p><I>Two lovers went to the museum and wandered the rooms.<BR>He saw a painting and stood in front of it<BR>for too long. It was a few minutes before she<BR>realized he had gotten stuck. He was stuck looking<BR>at a painting. She stood next to him, looking at his<BR>face and then the face in the painting. What do you<BR>see? she asked. I don't know, he said. He didn't<BR>know. She was disappointed, then bored. He was<BR>looking at a face and she was looking at her watch.<BR>This is where everything changed . . .</I></p><p><B>Richard Siken</B> works as a social worker, dealing primarily with developmentally disabled adults. He is a poet, painter, and co-founded and currently edits the magazine <I>spork</I>. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.</p></div>