Mark Fleckenstein is a poet of moments: moments caught and transcribed and wondered at and presented for wonder. His poetry creates the cerebral equivalent of retinal persistence: the images and phrases of his poems echo past the turn of the page and fire an impulse to re-read and reconsider and reconnect. This is an important collection from an accomplished and ambitious poet.

Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, he has previously published four books of poetry and several chapbooks. A Library of Things is his first collection published by in case of emergency press.