Baby Steps in Doomsday Prepping

"e;Anyone in the mood to be enchanted by a collection of prose poems that celebrate the quotidian, the commonplace, the ordinary things of this world-those "e;dumb beautiful messengers,"e; as Walt Whitman famously referred to them in "e;Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"e;? Then you best pick up a copy of Gerry LaFemina's book Baby Steps in Doomsday Prepping.... [LaFemina offers a] kind of precision with language-making a "e;place"e; into a "e;thing"e; and conveying its feel, look, and impression on the soul with such searing clarity.... [his poems] enchant the senses and succeed in stopping time . . . so that we might examine the things of this world with love and intelligence, so that we might hear them speak to us again"e;--