It's a race against time.Based in backwoods Mississippi in a small town called Malview, a deranged, lonely redneck, Tom, finds himself stuck in a midlife slump until one particular evening at a liquor store, he is inspired to act on his urges and abducts a cocktail waitress, Pamela, after eavesdropping on her conversation with the store's clerk about how everyone just needs to live a little. Tom forces her to be his wife and keeps her confined to his bedroom on the third floor of h...

Under the Bridge & Other Absurdities— a short-winded, knee-popping jog through the ridiculousness of adulthood from the loss of loved ones, hair-pulling traffic jams, unemployment, unplugging, grisly gun violence, homelessness and the evaporating tonic of youth, featuring "Under the Bridge" in the May 85th issue of Drunk Monkeys & "Bourbon Bumblebees" in the Autumn 2023 issue of New Note Poetry, as well as social media favorites such as "Dad," "Traffic," & "More Guns, Ple...

From sleeping on soggy cardboard boxes beneath bridges to panhandling and hitchhiking town to town along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Vincent Vecchio makes his debut bebop of poems spontaneously dredged from craptastic times when he was a lost soul living on the streets fresh out of his adolescence.

"To read this book is to meet a man who would climb the sky." —BOB HICOKIn his follow-up to Fancy Beasts, a book that "slice[d] straight through nerve and marrow on its way to the heart and mind of the matter" (Tracy K. Smith), Alex Lemon dazzles with his exuberance and candor. Whether in unrestrained descriptions of sensory overload or tender meditations on fatherhood and mortality, Lemon blurs the nebulous line between the personal and the pop-cultural. ...

Hello teachers! We know you work hard. Besides ninjas, you have the hardest job in the world. Between the teaching, the testing, the grading, and the nurturing it’s difficult to seek out new materials for your classroom. We are here to help. As poets and teachers, we know the power of the spoken word in the classroom. All you have to do is attend a youth slam or find a clip of one online and you will see the positive impact modern poetry has on our young people. It is able to engage studen...

Riffs is the story of a passionate love affair, told in vintage Lee style -- with whoops, deep chords, and headlong improvisational arcs. We hear Bach, Bo Diddley, Bird; the news is heartache and being. Celebratory, catastrophic, the poem tracks ways in which eros and our lives are made mutually accountable. Riffs is a landmark achievement from the poet of Civil Elegies and The Gods. Published in 1993, this was Dennis Lee's first book of adult poetry in 14 years.

This book begins with the childhood sweetheart husband who was having strange behavior and nightmare flashbacks of Vietnam leaving his home. His wife and four young children are now stranded and alone. The wife is filled with two overwhelming emotions: (1) freedom, as no longer would she have to deal with this unfathomable behavior, and (2) extreme fear, fear of how she and the children would pay for food and rent in this most expensive city. As the endless calls come in from doctors, lawy...

Poems from a darker side. A journey through pain to a place of redemption and peace. And, a few conversations with an irritable, belittling guy who is sometimes referred to as a supreme being and who ought to have a better answering service. From the author of "A Classified Christmas," "Hunky Dory Bible Stories," and "The Adventures of Jabber and Mumble."

The ?'s 4 Us is a collection of poetry that I hope will cause us to question what is going on in our world. Everything from world events to emotional issues are covered. It's a mixture of seriousness and lightheartedness that comes from various experiences. It's not for the faint of heart and language sensitive. Ok so a few F-Bombs are dropped in it but, the language used... comes from the raw emotions that were felt during the writing. It's poetry, it's not perfect, but if you end up wond...

Clashing social circles. Frenzied creations and bizarre inventions shared in workshops, rooftops, back alleys, house parties, and overstuffed conference rooms. Deep-set fears and doubts of the future, laid out with unlikely terms of endearment and funky flows of consciousness.Follow Li through a gallery of dear old pals, new dives, culinary ecstasies, and half-forgotten moments. Swinging from pop culture oddities to hyper-enlightened ideals, navigating a world not unlike that of Th...

Literary critic Shearman Waxx can kill a good book with just a few acidly worded bon mots. And as one unlucky author is about to discover, that’s not all he’s prepared to kill. . . .From #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz comes a mesmerizing thriller about the battle of wills that ensues when a successful author and likable family man confronts a reclusive sociopath who wields an all-too-deadly poison pen. Respect Shearman Waxx’s opinion and you might esca...

Then: Kunugi Kou waged bloody warfare as a hero in another world. Now: He’s a perfectly average high-schooler with a perfectly exceptional best friend: Ayase Kaito. The living incarnation of every cheesy romcom protagonist ever written, Kaito’s charming personality and looks that could kill have earned himself the harem of quirky beauties that every protagonist deserves—and Kou is dead-set on supporting him from the shadows as the ultimate wingman extra! And it’s all going great—that is, u...