"Kociejowski draws on all the aspects of his life in these engaging, idiosyncratic personal essays ... that] proffer the reader equal measures of autobiography, insight and quirky charm." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post In the game of bocce, no matter how intensely you study the world's surface, there is always a chance an unseen pebble will knock your ball in an unexpected direction. In these essays, poet, antiquarian bookseller,...