A world of history is a world of destinations and possibilities. In Tin CanTourist Scott Hightower draws from a legacy larger than the limits of personalhistory... » 

A world of history is a world of destinations and possibilities. In Tin CanTourist Scott Hightower draws from a legacy larger than the limits of personalhistory body and brand. From the harsh Protestant landscape of his nativecentral Texas to the pageantry of the historical architecture of St. Maria inTrastevere Rome he persues the limit of the poet. Where exactly does onebegin and the world start? Hightower reflects a world containing AIDS andcancer Caravaggio and van der Werff. Nature interpersonal relationships andthe culture of the world from simple to extraordinary are all fair game.His partaking erotic self in search of its own truest and most urgentexpressions takes seriously Blakes warning of error that could reduce thehuman heart to a dull cog of a machine Blakes exact words are a mill withcomplicated wheels.The breadth and mastery of this awaited debut volume is matched by the poetsinsistence on the healing and transforming power of the human imagination.These are not notes from an artless heart but observations from a simmeringworld. «