"The reading is something like archeology, sifting the layers that have built up over the years to find the source of a familiar voice . . . Left Out in the Rain shows us the footsteps in the wet meadow grass." --Los Angeles Times
"A fascinating case study...
A poetic autobiography that traces the author's life from his boyhood in Oregon to San Francisco, Kyoto and New York, and to his home in the Sierra foothills of northern California.