In Before the Storm Takes It Away, Gaylord Brewer steps away from poetry in these short explorations in nonfiction-alternately dark, wry, contemplative, and explosive, what begins as a seasonal experiment in genre becomes, when March 2020 brings a suddenly altered world, a whole different beast. Baking a cake for Armageddon? Choosing the proper superpower? Finding solace in the imposed isolation of a world plague? In...