“The publication of The Secret Turning of the Earth announces the arrival of an American poet who moves through space and time—the Venice of 1740, Paris in 1900, 1948 Boston, present day Columbus—exercising a singular vision. These strong, ambitious poems are mapped out by means of what Anthony Libby calls ‘the geometries of seeing’; they pay that fierce and unwavering attention we expect only from the boldest, most perceptive travelers.”—David Citino