Waiting for the Wreck to Burn

<p>Two towns--one unnamed one called Ruination--share an uneasy relationship with the river that separates them. Within their borders the aftermath of a murder lingers in unexpected ways. A marriage disintegrates. A waitress dies. A flood threatens. </p><p></p><p>With dark humor and a direct gaze Battiste explores the inscrutable and the mundane uncovering the potential for catastrophe in both. Foremost a book of sorrows Waiting for the Wreck to Burn spurns any attempt at healing. Instead the poems embrace the dislocation of grief and the absurdity of starting over.</p>