By turns joyous and adventurous, melancholy and nostalgic, Michelle Smith's debut collection of poems showcases a wide-ranging fascination with places, people, and story. Framed by imaginative travelogues addressed to Greek gods, dear Hermes... offers readers an escape and an entrance--out of time and into the poet's luminous experience.

Michelle Smith is a poet and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.