A "splendid first collection" (Thomas Lux) of original poems by master poet Ira Joe Fisher, also known for his weekly appearances on The Saturday Early Show for CBS. Some Holy Weight in the Village Air "chronicles small-town life, its scandals and secret tragedies and small undoings" (Paula McLain) in language which "often dazzles and is always compassionate, immediate, powerful, and tender" (Kevin Pilkington).