"Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklyn marks the debut of a poet of deep feeling, one who filters the pear light of hope through daily existence and who recognizes each odd hour... pressed by love. In poems resplendent with creations frenzy, with jazz, lovers, and Noahs lucky ones, those creatures great and small, Howard Faerstein acknowledges a world, past and present, that remains wonderful even with death." -Michael Waters, author of Gospel Night