Image Description: Front cover of Soviets on Venus shows an abstract, textured painting in dark muted tones suggesting fractured structures across a stormy landscape. 

About Soviets on Venus: A poetry collection that explores the Soviet Venera program, a series of unmanned probes sent to Venus between the 1960s and 1980s. 

Praise for Soviets on Venus: 

"Only the dexterity of a poet like Simmons could illuminate the tragic furrows where the trauma of socialist politics overtakes legitimate scientific inquiry. There is a revelation here, and a quiet restlessness." - Gregory Kipp, Geological Engineer

"Weaving thoughts and images and historical facts together in a poetry which maintains a sparse lyricism, Simmons' narrative is not only vastly more entertaining than most prose histories, but it gives the reader a unique advantage to imagine and reimagine the story that is being told." - Cliff Cunningham, Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland and author of Asteroids

About the Author: Thomas E. Simmons is a lawyer and professor at the Knudson School of Law. He has taught at every educational level, from Pre-K and primary school to high school, college, and post-graduate. He lives in Vermillion, South Dakota.