September 29, 2009
Seismosis
by John Keene & Christopher Stackhouse (1913 Press, 2006)
$19
Black Dog Songs
by Lisa Jarnot (Flood Editions, 2003)
$13
During My Nervous Breakdown I Want to Have a Biographer Present
by Brandon Scott Gorrell (Muumuu House, 2009)
$12.00
Unlovable
by Esther Pearl Watson (Fantagraphics, 2009)
Had some rough teen years? Relive the magic! Esther found a 1980’s diary abandoned in a gas station bathroom and did the only thing that felt right: turned it into a series of hilariously unflinching illustrations. The horror, the grandeur, the glitter!
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$22.99
Letters to Wendy’s
by Joe Wenderoth (Verse Press, 2000)
What if that homeless guy who likes to wear his pants around his ankles and stroke the back of your head as you walk by on the street (actually happened) was also a brilliant deconstructionist language defiler?
Ahem.
I’ve been carrying this book around in my purse, waiting for any occasion to pull it out and read to people… but the moment never comes. “Letters to Wendy’s” feels like it should be sound-bite-worthy – it’s that witty and illogically hilarious – but it’s all based on the most profoundly anti-social character that to read from it out loud to another human being… would just be painful. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a glowing review.
$14