This is a terse, tough début by an award-winning American poet with punch in the language. What you find here is the grist of life – death, love, sex, departure – honed by a voice obsessed with the gravity, fear and the humour of being human. Van Winkle's understated, plain spoken, narrators are as diverse as the America they live in – the lonely night nurse, the conflicted son of a preacher, and the cross-country runner – are all ill at ease in the world. Through road kill, September 11th, and death row they address their own bitter faults with noir-like melancholy, seeking redemption and absolution.
| ISBN: | 9781844717897 |
| Publication date: | 15th November 2010 |
| Author: | Ryan Van Winkle |
| Publisher: | Salt Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 80 pages |
| Series: | Salt Modern Poets |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |