" Whether figurative or down to earth, Joseph Green's diction is apt. And his imagination ranges over 'the slope behind his] house, ' a garden in Marrakech, 'little sparkles in the infinite dark, ' and-it would seem-all the spots along the way. If Green does anything better than making routine seem magical, it is making the extraordinary appear commonplace. Or maybe it's the other way around. Either way, What Water Does at a Time Like This is a wise and beautiful book."-- Knute Skinner