Over 100 poems, 20 photos, timeline, and introduction by Marc Harshman "Timothy Russell's poetry alloys the grit of the Ohio Valley and the delicate brush strokes of Basho and Shiki, as only the white heat of a Weirton Steel blast furnace could do. Both lyric poet and "Mad Dog," Tim was and is the essential voice of the region while never being confined by its boundaries. Tim is a hidden master come into the light here. " — Valerie Nieman, author of Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse