BETWEEN HERE AND THE SOUND
OF A GROANING INTERSTATE
&
THE GROANING BOOK:
A POETICS

KC Clarke

Between Here and The Sound of a Groaning Interstate gathers poems written across three decades. The Groaning Book: A Poetics accompanies them, tracing the structures of attention, rhythm, and civic life that shaped their making. Together they form a single work held between lyric interior and public ground.Developed through years of cultural work in Chicago and beyond.Very good complex poem.
— Mark Strand, on the poem Orion
Painting Black Blizzard by Wesley Kimler

Abstract painting featuring a large dark circular form with black and brown tones, teal splashes, and small accents of pink and orange on a white background, used as the cover art for Between Here and the Sound of a Groaning Interstate and The Groaning Boo

© 2026 1802 Press. All rights reserved.
ISBN 979-8-218-84546-9 (hardcover)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2025924938
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