Nicolas Mansito III

Reading Nicolás Mansito's first book I am reminded that the Latin verb "to read," legere, means to choose, to select, and that reading, and in fact all writing, is an act of bricolage. This book of poems reminds that every free act, of both making and being, arises from a bondage to what simply /is/. And from there we fiddle and tinker our way to wisdoms. A book you'll be grateful to own. —Gabriel Gudding,