"Bill Jones opens Still Life in a Hurricane with 'In the Near-Lost Memory Mine, ' and his poems are gems found in that mine. With humor and poignancy, he writes about family elders and their emotional bequests to him. 'In a Prayer to St. Anthony, ' he evokes his grandmother and a prayer she taught him: 'Saint Anthony, please help me find what I have lost.' In this delightful collection, Jones does indeed find what he has lost, and readers will be moved to do the same in their own lives." --Anne Higgins, Poet, Author of 9 books of poetry, most recently, Not Only/But Also "Bill Jones's sense of purpose in Still Life in a Hurricane is evident in his dedication: 'Again, for my family.' It can be said that Jones has also made this collection of his family, of deep relationship: back to his forebears, over his long marriage, forward to the blessing of grandchildren, extending to the community of poets. The 'still life' formed of these narratives is richly detailed, memories and dreams brought forward--always with warmth, sometimes with humor--'into the light/ and air' of the page.

" --Madeleine Mysko, Author of the novels Bringing Vincent Home and Stone Harbor Bound and the poetry collection Crucial Blue "Dylan--the poet disguised as a song and dance man--scraped and begged before the Queen Jane of his imagination for just a few moments of her time. Bill Jones did not have to conjure--approximately or precisely--the Jane without whom he would not be Bill. In Still Life in a Hurricane, she is here--stanza after stanza, from West Virginia and South America to the king-sized bed of his dreams. With Jane--lover and wife--Jones documents adventures domestic and worldly that could not have been taken without her. Or at least not ones this good." --Rafael Alvarez, Author, Basilio Boullosa Stars in the Fountain of Highlandtown.