Circus Maximus

Michaelangelo, Titian, Bernini--the Vatican's Gallery of Maps, the Capella Paolina-- La Pietà, The Ecstasy of St. Theresa, The Calling of St. Matthew. Tour these and dozens of other Italian landmarks with the poems of Circus Maximus, David Starkey's garrulous new guide to Rome, whose subjects shuffle everywhere from the Sistine Chapel to "The Ugliest Jesus in the History of Western Art." David Starkeyis the former Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara, a senior Fulbright scholar, and a six-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize. His latest volume of poetry is A Few Things You Should Know About the Weasel(Biblioasis, 2010).