In Excursions: Poetry and Prose, Lou Orfanella, the author of Composite Sketches, Allurements and Lamentations and Scenes from an Ordinary Life: Getting Naked to Explore a Writer's Process and Possibilities explores a variety of literary genres with his trademark blending of past and present, his knack for making the personal become universal, and a talent for adding just the right dose of popular culture as he takes readers along merging paths and divided highways.