The Way Back: Poems of Addiction & Recovery

Whether writing about his working class roots, women, temptation, war or trauma, Michael Landfair writes with confident style and an aching honesty. In The Way Back, Landfair gives us a diverse collection that illustrates in crystalline language the power of poetry to illuminate what is hidden. Herein lies a slice of life.  From his mature perspective, Landfair writes of the solitude within love, tinges terror with a child’s aspect of wonder. He reveals the heartbreak of irretrievable parental relationships, the scars left by war. This compelling debut collection of poems is bound together by Landfair’s unflinching eye and the raw truth of his observations.

Florence Grende author of "The Butcher's Daughter"

Dip into this vibrant collection, for the pure pleasure of these lucent and heartfelt poems. Lyrical, crafted language and deft rhythms twine throughout passionate recollections of relationships and childhood; celebrations of the land and our shared past; and deft homages to loved poets. Landfair’s is a vivid, modern voice: his poetry, carefully honed, and wonderfully accessible.

~Judyth Hill Poet, Mentor, author of "Wage Peace"

Michael Landfair is a freelance writer who two years ago moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico from Portland, Oregon with his wife Beverly. The Way Back is his first publication. Michael is working currently on a book of short stories and a novel set in the Northwest. Michael has been sober since June 23, 1988.