Good Opinion of Squirrels, The

By Michael Schaffner

1996 Capital Collection

“The subject of these savagely smart, moving poems is who now lives in America’s parks, cities, and exurbs….”– Elizabeth Macklin.

Schaffner mixes free verse and poetic forms in his meditations on home, safe havens, and politics. A Word Works Capital Collection publication and Writer’s Center Edition. 1997 winner of the Columbia Book Award.