Atlas Sighs: Selected and New Poems, by Alan Berecka, brings together the best of the poet's previously published volumes, and includes a section of his most recent work. As Ken Hada notes in his introduction, "Alan Berecka's Atlas Sighs: Selected and New Poems offers readers a bountiful collection of narrative poems in which the poet, indeed, finds the 'right, true thing' for each poem."

Alan Berecka resides with his wife Alice and an ornery rescue dog named Ophelia in Sinton, Texas  He retired in January from being a  librarian at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, and is settling into a whole new level of contentment. His poetry has appeared in such places as American Literary Review, Texas Review and The San Antonio Express. He has authored three chapbooks, and six full collections, the latest of which is Atlas Sighs from Turning Plow Press, 2024. A Living is not a Life: A Working Title  ( Black Spruce Press, Brooklyn, 2021) was a finalist in the Hoffer Awards. From 2017-2019 he served as the first poet laureate of Corpus Christi.

Poems first appearing in Texas Poetry Assignment: “How the Adventurer in Me Died Behind 5 Bars,” “Why Barry Bonds Belongs in Cooperstown,” “Hearing of Uvalde while Visiting Vilnius,” “Lighten Up,” “Regressive Thoughts on Infinity,””Hey Aboooott!!!!,” “Tex Mex Food 101,” and “A Prayer as Dorothy Goes Marching Out.”

For more on this collection: https://alanberecka.com/books/atlas-sighs-selected-and-new-poems/