Imaginarium: Sightings, Galleries, Sightlines

IMAGINARIUM: SIGHTINGS, GALLERIES, SIGHTLINES, A. Robert Lee’s latest collection of poetry, turns on two connecting keynotes: imagination and sight. Each sequence provides a broad canvas that explores the ways we go about imagining as much as seeing reality. "Sightings" commemorates a dozen or so celebrated visual artists, among them J.M.W. Turner and Frida Kahlo. "Galleries" extends the usual meaning of the term to include vantage-points like a French archeological cave, a Bosphorus Straits crossing or a Tokyo station. "Sightlines" frames a run of personal encounters within the heights and widths of buildings and landscapes – whether it is a Metro station, a major Japanese waterfall, or Memphis’ Beale Street. IMAGINARIUM: SIGHTINGS, GALLERIES, SIGHTLINES is a delightful yet informative collection that invites readers into a two-way exchange, imagination as seeing, seeing as imagination.