from Work Sonnets: “Just now it was like I had risen to heaven.”; “Music builds the perfect shelter.”; “How slow the Hired Body moves!”

Daniel Wolff has recently published How Lincoln Learned to Read (Bloomsbury, 2010) as well as 4th of July/Asbury Park (Bloomsbury, 2006). His other publications include collections of poetry, a biography of Sam Cooke, and collaboration on several compilations of photography. (updated 6/2010)