Week in Review
Which is to say, this week I want to share some review and reaction blurbs on my book of short poems, The Disapproval Of My Toaster. Here are some things that readers have said about the book:
“I love your poetry book”“all too real universal truth about people”“I really love a lot of them (and don’t hate any!)”“full of existential dread and maudlin musings”“I quite like it, like a lot a lot”“fun and thought provoking”
And my personal favorite short review, from an old friend:
“This book of poetry, the clever word play, the punch of honesty that cuts into the social structure of our new world of trauma and distance.”
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That’s a perfect review, in my biased opinion. My publisher, no doubt wiser and more objective, suggests that I share this slightly longer review from a poet who doesn’t know me, at Pegasus Literary.
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But hey, if you don’t want to pay to read my writing*, or you just can’t stand writing that isn’t 100% humor, I’ve still got you covered. My two latest columns are a somewhat silly Wildlife Adventure, and a very, very silly series of Civil War Letters.
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* You might think I would take offense at this concept, but even before I was a writer who would prefer to have money, I was a reader who did not like spending money**.
** In fact, I have a poem about being thrifty in my book***.
*** Which ironically, will remain unread by the people with whom it might most resonate.
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