Lori Marie Carlson-Hijuelos

The Days You Bring

Arts & Literature

“I have often thought that American presidents should add a poet or two to their cabinets. It seems to me that along with financiers, generals, lawyers, physicians, and scientists, a bard should be part of this assembly of wisdom for a nation. Harold Recinos is an operatic poet for our time. In his new collection, he tells Americans exactly what they need to hear right now—full blast—about the life we share so they can change it.”