

With allusions to David Bowie and interplanetary travel, Life on Mars imagines a soundtrack for the universe to accompany the discoveries, failures, and oddities of human existence. You lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself Smith, whose "lyric brilliance and political impulses never falter" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) New poetry by the award-winning poet Tracy K.


* A New Yorker, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * * A New York Times Notable Book of 2011 and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice *
