The poetry in this book is phenomenal. I read it in a motel room in Minneapolis; I’d just had my heart broken and was in Minneapolis by myself, trying to escape the ghosts, and a lot of the poems in here are about ghosts, in one way or another. I read it, then wrote a poem that is still one of my favorites I’ve ever written; the next day, I hopped a train for the very first time.

Landscapes of Fire and Music is incredible. . . . I loved . . . the little moments that felt as great as Hughes' best work—or even Seamus Heaney.