Maxwell Baumbach is hope for tomorrow in a dark world. His first full-length collection assembles poetry that maps out his worldview from this specific moment in time, poised on the edge of adolescence and adulthood. He lets us see what he sees, and what he sees is by turns funny, poignant, absurd, and maddening, but his perspective is always clear, his voice rings out true from every page. In this book we don't get to see the process of a boy becoming a man, we get taken along for the ride. It is a collection for all ages.

"Suburban Rhythms" was originally a 2010 chapbook released from cc&d magazine (the UN-religions, NON-family Oriented Literary and Art magazine, founded in 1993) through Scars Publications (http://scars.tv). This chapbook by Maxwell Baumbach was later turned into the 6" x 9" ISBN# book.

The 6" x 9" perfect bound ISBN# book "No Return" was originally released as the 5.5" x 8.5" perfect bound November 2011 issue (v226) of cc&d magazine (http://scars.tv/ccd, byline: The UN-religious, NON-family oriented literary and art magazine, founded 1993), published by Scars Publications The cover is a photo of factories at sunset, photographed off of I355 in Romeoville IL December 18th 2010. Writers and artists included in this book are Mel Waldman, Kelley Jean White MD, Fritz Hamilton, Dan Fitzgerald, John Yotko, Matthew Roberts, Uzeyir Lokman CAYCI, Gale Acuff, Maxwell Baumbach, Kenneth DiMaggio, David S. Pointer, the HA!man of South Africa, Lisa Cappiello, Michael Ceraolo, Eric Shelman, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Matthew Guzman, Janet Kuypers, John Grey, William Doreski, Mark D. Cohen, Rose E. Grier, Sarah Lucille Marchant, Deborah Nodler Rosen, Emerald Scott, Brian Hosey, Emma Eden Ramos, Richard E Marion, Linda Webb Aceto, Robert Turner, Elaheh Steinke, Oz Hardwick, Amanda Thoss, Cheryl Townsend, Brian Montalbano, J. Kent Allred, Aaron Wilder, Ned Haggard, and Brian Forrest.

The 6" x 9" perfect bound ISBN# book "Up In Smoke" was originally released as the 5.5" x 8.5" perfect bound October 2011 issue (v225) of cc&d magazine (http://scars.tv/ccd, byline: The UN-religious, NON-family oriented literary and art magazine, founded 1993), published by Scars Publications The cover is a photo of factories at sunset, photographed off of I355 in Romeoville IL December 18th 2010. Writers and artists included in this book are Jane Kuypers, Fritz Hamilton, Mel Waldman, Nathan Riggs, Üzeyir Lokman ÇAYCIart, Kelley Jean White MD, Nick Brazinsky (with art), Matthew Roberts, Kyrsten Bean, the HA!Man of South Africa (with art), Gale Acuff, Cheryl Townsend (with art), Michael Ceraolo, Kenneth DiMaggio, David S. Pointer, David Thompson (with art), Maxwell Baumbach, Lisa Cappiello, Linda Webb Aceto, Eric Shelman, Brett E. Devlin, Jim Davis, Jr., I.B. Rad, Raúl Niño, Matthew Rodgers, Michael A. Rodriguez, John Yotko photography, Matthew Guzman, Jenene Ravesloot, John Grey, Dan Fitzgerald, Daniel S. Weinberg, Patrick Fealey, Amy Dunn Caldwell, Peter LaBerge (with art), Meghan Frank, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz (with art), Darren Fernando, Marilyn June Janson, Rose E. Grier (with art), Timothy B. Dodd, Brian Forrest (with art), Rex Sexton, Aaron Wilder (with art), Richard E Marion, Brian Hosey (with art), Martha Humphreys, Eric Bonholtzer.

"100 Words" is a poetry collection book of select materials from the 2011 issues of cc&d magazine (http://scars.tv/ccd) and Down in the Dirt magazine (http://scars.tv/ccd), published through Scars Publications, plus two contest winning poems from Scars Publications in 2011. Writers included in this collection are from around the United States (and even around the world), inlcuding writing by Jim Davis, Linda Webb Aceto, Sara Basrai, Michael Battram, Maxwell Baumbach, Mike Berger, Ph.D., Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Charles Michael Craven, Carol Garth, Fritz Hamilton, Christy Hicks, Marcin J. Kuhn, Janet Kuypers, Peter LaBerge, Robert Lawrence, Jenna Mary, Rebecca Shepard, Hank Sosnowski, Natascha Tallowin, Hank Threadgill, Lucy Winrow, Steve Baba, H.D. Brown, Brad Buchanan, Frank De Canio, Luke Laubhan, Ben Macnair, Sara Sather, Richard Shelton, Micah Thorstenson, Julie Kovacs, Cherese Eudlyn Nelson, Laura Whelton, Holly Day, Sid Yiddish, Karen Delasala, Christopher Hanson, Ally Malinenko, Denny E. Marshall, John Ragusa, Edward Rodosek, Carl Scharwath, Lucie M. Winborne, Caleb Yarborough, Gale Acuff, Boghos L. Artinian MD, Mark D. Cohen, Lisa Cappiello, William Doreski, Rochelle Holt, Sarah Lucille Marchant, Jenene Ravesloot, Nathan Riggs, Matthew Rodgers, Anne Scheerer, Matt Cunha, Katrina K Guarascio, Ashley Fisher, Kirby Light, E. J. Loera, Sandy Longley, Robert D. Lyons, Marcin Majkowski\p, Daniel J O'Brien, Andrew H. Oerke, Corry O'Neill, Ron Richmond, Mary Stone, Kelsey Threatte, Jem Henderson, AE Baer, CEE, Michael Ceraolo, Joy Davis, Kenneth DiMaggio, Dan Fitzgerald, Kevin Heaton, Michael Hoag, Bela Feketekuty and Heather Burke.

"Fragments" is a poetry book based on the September through December 2011 issues of cc&d magazine (byline: "the UNreligious, NON-family oriented literary and at magazine", founded 1993, http://scars.tv/ccd) into this poetry and prose (and very occasionally artwork), published by Scars Publications. Contributors in this colledction book inlcude Janet Kuypers, Linda Webb Aceto, Gale Acuff, Cheryl Townsend , J. Kent Allred, Aaron Wilder , Boghos L.inian MD, Michael Aspros, Shannon Barber, Maxwell Baumbach, Kyrsten Bean, John Bolen, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz , Eric Bonholtzer, Chris Butler, Amy Dunn Caldwell, Peter LaBerge, Lisa Cappiello, Michael Ceraolo , Mark D. Cohen, Rose E. Grier , Roger Cowin, Jim Davis, Jr., Brett E. Devlin , Kenneth DiMaggio, Timothy B. Dodd, Brian Forrest , William Doreski, John Duncklee, Patrick Fealey, Darren Fernando, Irene Ferraro, Cheryl Townsend , Dan Fitzgerald, Rose E. Grier , Meghan Frank, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz , Dylan Gilbert, Lawrence Gladeview, John Grey, Matthew Guzman, Ned Haggard, Brian Forrest , Fritz Hamilton, Aaron Wilder , Joseph Hart, Oz Hardwick , Kelsey Hebert, Rochelle Holt, Martha Humphreys, Derek V. Hunter , Cheryl Townsend , Marilyn June Janson, Rose E. Grier , Michael Lee Johnson, Bob Johnston, Brian Forrest , Stephanie Kaylor, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz , Sarah Lucille Marchant, Richard E Marion, Brian Montalbano, Raúl Niño, David S. Pointer, David Thompson , the HA!man of South Africa , I.B. Rad, Emma Eden Ramos, Jenene Ravesloot, Nathan Riggs, Matthew Roberts, Üzeyir Lokman ÇAYCI , Matthew Rodgers, Michael A. Rodriguez, Deborah Nodler Rosen, Fred Russell, Brian Forrest , Anne Scheerer, Emerald Scott, Rex Sexton, Aaron Wilder , Eric Shelman, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz , Elaheh Steinke, Oz Hardwick , Jane Stuart, R. N. Taber, Amanda Thoss, Cheryl Townsend, Robert Turner, Anne Turner Taub, Clinton Van Inman, Mel Waldman, Daniel S. Weinberg, Uzeyir Lokman CAYCI and Kelley Jean White MD.

"Prominent Pen" is a poetry and prose collection book of materials from the May through the August 2011 issues of cc&d magazine (http://scars.tv/ccd), published through Scars Publications. Writers included in this collection are from around the United States (and even around the world), with Melvin F. Ballew, Christopher Barnes, Maxwell Baumbach, S. Paul Bowen, Michael H. Brownstein, Ronald Brunsky, Chris Butler, Nely Cab, Rochelle Cartier, CEE, Michael Ceraolo, Shaun Corley, Roger Cowin, Kenneth DiMaggio, John Duncklee, Irene Ferraro, Stephanie Fleming, Meghan Frank, Peter LaBerge, A. A. Garrison, Cheryl Townsend, Lawrence Gladeview, Fritz Hamilton, Jermaine Harmon, Roy Haymond, Kevin Heaton, Kyle Hemmings, Aaron Wilder, Wes Heine, John T. Hitchner, Stan Hollingworth, Je'free, Brian Forrest, Bob Johnston, Billie Louise Jones, Stephanie Kaylor, Melissa Kosciuszko, Sonja Kosler, Julie Kovacs, Seger Lansdale, Bing Liu, Kriste A. Matrisch, Jim Meirose, Toni Menden, Kristine Ong Muslim, Tendai R. Mwanaka, Edward Mycue, Cherese Eudlyn Nelson, Alicia Parks, I.B. Rad, Ted Rashkow, Nathan Riggs, Andy Roberts, Matthew Roberts, Jonathan Seipp, Don Stockard, Bob Strother, R. N. Taber, Anne Turner Taub, Mel Waldman, Laura Whelton, Kelley Jean White MD, Caleb Yarborough, Sid Yiddish, and Janet Kuypers.