The Inside of an Apple

***This book was read in its entirety, in front of a live audience at Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, March 2023.***2013 LA Times Book Prize finalistJoshua Beckman is at his most immediate and attentive in The Inside of an Apple. His sincere, spare poems place the reader within the personal space of the author from inside his apartment to the mountains. From this perspective, the reader experiences a revelation of consciousness and a surprising generosity of spirit.