In Greatest Hits, Marc Sheehan tells the story of the dispossessed better than anyone since Raymond Carver, with a lyrical elan that reveals -- like a brushing away of light snowfall -- those things in our lives we hold most dear, whether it's an old stolen fiddle, a recycled Christmas tree, or the Portable Nietzsche one reads while on break at the factory. In a voice that is gentle yet honest, Sheehan is able to lay bare our desperate moments and to leave in the stillness a redemption offered by something as simple and beautiful as a blue snake gliding over stones at the edge of a grassy quarry.