Dean J. Baker is a poet, songwriter, and performer. Author of more than 20 books, his lyric gift is fierce, contemporary, and classic. These poems mark a radical departure from previous work in tone, scope, and vision. At the conjunction of the secular and the spiritual, ALL THESE BEING HINTERLANDS is a companion volume to CELESTIAL MIGRATIONS IN THE EMPIRE, published Dec. 20, 2017, and OF THE DOMINIONS UNLEAVENED, published early January, 2018.