next exit by leah angstman ($4)

This poetry journal follows the author on a trail of self-discovery, young innocence, and Route 66 Americana on a cold January trip through the Southwest, revealing the author's take on Southwestern life and the strange curiosities and idiosyncrasies of traveling with a penpal from another part of the country whom the author had never met. When leah and this penpal decided to take a winter cross-country trip together, there was no telling how their minds would click or explode together, and with this book comes the true emotions that poked their heads out to reveal how an unexpected journey could bring out one's true colors. The secret treasures in this book come from some photos of the Southwest, taken by the author, to mirror the desolation, emptiness, and determination of the poetry and the sights around her on her journey.