Any Bright Horse

When Marco Polo was captured by the Genoese he whiled away his year in prison by dictating a memoir, the "Livre des Merveilles". Polo's "Book of Wonders" became a raging best seller before printing presses even existed. Christopher Columbus travelled with his own carefully-annotated copy. Poet Lisa Pasold takes Polo’s stories about Afghanistan, Russia, and China to speculate on the transformative effect of journeys.