<p>The first of five linen-cased, hardcover books in an autobiographical collection of cinematic poetry, <em>Iowa</em> commences the Homeric journey of poet Lucas Hunt from a childhood engulfed by the humidity and sun on a pig farm, to the Society shores of Southampton, the jagged glass and steel canyons of New York City, and the sublimity of Rome and Paris.</p> <p>In <em>Iowa</em>, Hunt brings his literary camera closer to the fire within the belly of a boy poised to champion the writer's dream of life in Manhattan. Economic in style, lyrical and determined in voice, <em>Iowa</em>, from its first foreshadowing verse, will prove Ayn Rand right: "The world you desire can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours."</p>