First-Course in Turbulence (Pitt Poetry Series) Book

Dean Young was suggested to me by someone (a English/poetry professor) I met at a bar. She lent me three books, one of which was this collection, after finding out that I'm a big fan of Tony Hoagland. Little did I know that they are 'brothers'... at least as far as the acknowledgements are concerned. The poem specifically written about Hoagland and his lake was great as were about 75-80% of the poems. The 5 star rating comes not from the fact Dean Young's sense of humor hits the mark with me, but because I felt I could relate with a majority of the poems. Laughter is great, but being able to see yourself in the poem is what makes them magical for me. A few missed that mark, but its a high and difficult mark to set since we are all dynamic and different. Perhaps I'll be back to this collection in five years and find it completely uninteresting. However, any poem that closes with an offhand tip of the hat to Kant gets 5 stars in my world.