Exploring the heart of the country; or, as Nancy Besonen has said, "Tom Montag is defining the character of the Midwest - one character at a time."
“Poetry,” he said,“is in the ear (andby God you've got twoof them) and in the mouth.”*“Practice hardand play free -poetry happenswhen you're not trying.”*“The value ofpoetry?I don't know,”he said.“The sun comes upwhether Iwrite or not.”