James Zukin is a unique figure in the world of poetry. Throughout his life, he has written over 11 volumes of works and hundreds of original poems, but left them all officially unpublished… until now. His works are expressive and radiant with heartfelt awe for the large and small miracles of ordinary life. “I’ve always thought in poetry,” says Zukin. “I can find it in a business journal as easily as I can in a Bob Dylan song… It is a source of inspiration to me. A way of making sense of the world.” His process is fully immersive, simultaneously reading and writing about a variety of topics from historical figures to mythology and folklore to the multifaceted world of technology. Though writing his entire life, he also had a successful career in macroeconomics, with the idea that at 65 he’d put down the P&L and pick up the pen and ink. Zukin has explored life’s potential in an array of ways, but perhaps it will be the way of the poet that finally, fully, brings it all home.