In his collection Dancing Away, poet Robert M Fagen offers a constellation of reflections, from ballet barre to physics, from young dancers to old mountains, from music to the Lingít language, and from Alaska wildlife to weather, but dance is always at the core. He offers us the personal and the poignant, the universal and the quirky, with a Zen-like brevity to many of his poems. Relevant notes and a glossary of ballet terms enhance this collection, delighting and informing the curious reader.

— Susi Gregg Fowler, author of ten children’s books including Who Lives Near a Glacier? Alaska Animals in the Wild, Arctic Aesop’s Fables: Twelve Retold Tales, and Circle of Thanks