Earth-Cool, and Dirty is a timely debut collection by Jacob Lee Bachinger, full of wisdom and beautiful reflections on the state of humanity. It is a call to pay careful attention to the Earth, to nurture it in the same way that we attend to the people we love. In "My Son Asleep, Age 4", he observes: "What no one told me,What I've had to learn for myself:To love this much is painful."