Fear Less Ancient Rome and aviator Amy Johnson when

and aviator Amy Johnson when she became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930

Living by her watchwords

What readers are saying about Gone to Pieces:

this is a gloriously naughty romp of a read that also has something serious to say about queer love

many never before published

Fear Less Ancient Rome and aviator Amy Johnson whenDrawing on deep passion and personal experience, former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith demystifies the art form that has too often been mischaracterized as "inaccessible," "irrelevant," or "intimidating." She argues that poetry is rooted in fundamentally human qualities innate to our capacities to love, dream, question, and cultivate community. Lifting the veil on her own creative process, Smith shows us how reading and writing poetry allows us to