Overview

Cal Freeman's new poetry collection reveals universal sensitivity and beauty in its lines. Readers will encounter numerous stunning and memorable passages throughout these pieces. These verses nourish both the mind and soul by guiding us through the American working-class experience, into vibrant ethnic neighborhoods filled with diverse languages, and into the significant Detroit places in the poet's life. This collection promises to take you on a transformative journey that fills you with a new understanding of what it means to be an American. Cal Freeman embodies the spirit of a Midwest poet. He understands the realistic sparseness of urban life, the significance of diversity, and the lessons learned from the well-lived life of his cherished father. Freeman is both a poet for the people and a poet's poet. -M.L. Liebler, author of Hound Dog: A Poet's Memoir

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Reviews

""Dazzling . . . Midwestern philosophy at its best."" -Chicago Review of Books ""Freeman's musings on language are more than melancholy; they take the reader on a metaphysical investigation of language itself."" -Pittsburgh Review of Books ""The Weather of Our Names is filled with Midwestern existentialism, attuned to the possibilities of poetry's power to create myth of and provide clarity for one's life . . . a reminder that what's inevitable comes whether we look toward it or elsewhere."" -Dustin Pearson, author of A Season in Hell With Rimbaud ""The world can be a narrow, isolated place, if it weren't for words. And words that are large on the page. And words that are Cal Freeman's."" -Russell Thorburn, author of Let It Be Told in a Single Breath

""The Weather of Our Names is filled with Midwestern existentialism, attuned to the possibilities of poetry's power to create myth of and provide clarity for one's life . . . a reminder that what's inevitable comes whether we look toward it or elsewhere."" -Dustin Pearson, author of A Season in Hell With Rimbaud ""The world can be a narrow, isolated place, if it weren't for words. And words that are large on the page. And words that are Cal Freeman's."" -Russell Thorburn, author of Let It Be Told in a Single Breath

Author Information

Cal Freeman is the author of Fight Songs (2017) and Poolside at the Dearborn Inn (2022). Born and raised in Detroit, he teaches at Oakland University and serves as Writer-In-Residence with InsideOut Literary Arts Detroit.

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