In Code was born out of Maryann Corbett 's years of work for the Minnesota Legislature, with a nonpartisan office that mandated that she maintain a public silence about politics.
In poems that go from elegiac to fiery to funny, she examines behind-the-scenes legislative labor and the people who do it, the tensions of working for government in a climate hostile to government, and the buildings and grounds that put a beautiful face on a history full of .
