What Trudy Knows and Other PoemsWhat Trudy Knows and Other Poems follows the ground broken by Knute Skinner's last collection The Bears and Other Poems. An unusual group of poems each a brief telling of a moment in the life of one or more imaginary characters. The poems probe a variety of human relationships. As Aidan Murphy wrote of The Bears: "A stunning collection, full of mystery, cross purpose, weird and tragic characters reminiscent of the short stories of the American Raymond