The Wind Through the Sycamores is a Violin

Fractured characters inhabit familiar worlds full of hit-you-in-the-gut nostalgia in West Virginia writer Tucker Riggleman's third poetry collection. Riggleman's particular brand of void-shouting blends dreamscapes with memories and half-truths to craft a broken love letter to the places he has called home, and the personal demons he has faced and (mostly) conquered along the way.