In A Deed To the Light Jeanne Murray Walker asks probing questions about the depth of grief, about letting go, and about the possibility of faith. Her poems have been described by John Taylor, writing in Poetry, as -splendid, subtly erudite, uplifting, and funny.-

-Anyone who can get through a newspaper, - Jeanne Murray Walker says, -will find this book a piece of cake.- Indeed, the poems in this book are strong but unpretentious pieces rich in meaning and feeling.

The poems in New Tracks, Night Falling acknowledge that we are people driven and divided by fear. They talk about racism, war, loss, greed, alienation, our disregard of the earth, and our disregard of each other. Sometimes we feel like night is falling in the bright light of day. Yet we get glimpses of hope, of what could be:
In this dark time I want to make...