Rhode Island Notebook

Part On the Road, part anti-war invective, part love song to his young daughter Clio, this is an immensity of a poetry collection that showcases Gudding's unique voice, one that is both lyrically astute and comically effective. Gudding's entries were literally written as he traveled from Normal, Illinois to Providence, Rhode Island to visit his daughter. Through his travels he becomes estranged from Clio's mother, enraged by the Iraq War, and continually drawn to the American countryside he sees through his car's windows. A 21st-century classic that is both humorous and humane.