" Smote is a book of the dark reality of our daily existence; it is a book of abiding grace."—Robert Olen Butler I release you like the crank-addled truck driverreleases his cargo at the midnight dockuntil the warehouse is one in a trailof crumbs, little light left on behind him. James Kimbrell is the author of The Gatehouse Heaven and My Psychic , and the co-translator of Three Poets of Modern Korea . He been the recipient of the Discovery/ The Nation Award, a Whiting Award, a fellowship from the NEA, and a Morton Prize.
