Lessons in Geography: The Education of a Michigan Poet - Paperbackby Phillip Sterling (Author) Written and published over a period of forty years, the essays in Phillip Sterling's Lessons in Geography chronicle how his formative years in Northwest Lower Michigan not only inspired him to be a writer but also profoundly influenced his creative and critical perspectives. Diverse in form, the essays are nonetheless unified in theme: how the geography of a place the forests, shores, and lakes of Michigan plays a role in