And, tell, tulip, the summer charts a journey over several years and continents amidst the turmoil and conflict that mark our time. Episodic, combustive, lyrical and urbane, its poems and stories capture and captivate the world we know and wish to know. From the Balkans, still traumatized by the after-effects of war, to the Sahel, where sand and sky compel extreme disjunctions, to Paris and New York, where culture and commerce dance their deadly tango, or Cajun Louisiana, where rice and cane farmers struggle to survive, the book unfolds our storied map. A graceful, at times humorous prism that refracts writer and reader alike...

Allan Graubard's poems, plays and texts appear internationally, with numerous translations in diverse languages. His books include Roma Amor, Woman Bomb/Sade, Hippocampus, Fragments From Nomad Days, For Alejandra, Glimpses From a Fleeing Window, and the recent Invisible Heads: Surrealists in North America -- An Untold Story. His plays have premiered and been published in the US and Europe, from Woman Bomb/Sade to For Alejandra, Modette, Erotic Eulogy, and other works for inter-arts stage. Through it all he seeks and sometimes finds the warm, transparent breadth of living completely. He resides in New York with his wife, Caroline McGee.

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