Lux is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and three National Endowment Fellowships in Poetry as well as the prestigious Kingsley Tufts Award. From the Southland, a collection of the essays that Lux wrote for the San Diego Reader over several years, is forthcoming from Marick Press. His most recent collection of poetry is God Particles, from Houghton Mifflin. “Criss Cross Apple Sauce” is from his New and Selected Poems: 1975–95, also published by Houghton Mifflin. It is reprinted by permission. The author’s photo is by Barnaby Hall.