0°, 0° is where the equator and prime meridian cross, but it is also, in Amit Majmudar's poetic cartography, "the one True Cross, the rood's wood warped and tacked / pole to pole." Unlikely intersections lie at the heart of Amit Majmudar's first collection of poetry. Mythical, biblical, political, and scientific allusion thrive side by side, inspiring surprise and wonder.