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SUNDOWN AT THE REDNECK CARNIVAL IBD

JOHN DORSEY
SPARTAN PRESS
01 / 2022
9781952411939
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Sinopsis

John DorseyâÇÖs book is a tribute to small town life. He carefully dissects the lives of his characters to find the crossroads where dreams were thwarted, and how the survivors of these lost dreams manage to carry on anyway, sometimes as though they donâÇÖt even know how close they came to escaping the bear trap of smoky bars and bar fights and the endless cycle of pregnancy and childrearing.áEach inhabitant of these poems is treated with delicate dignity, leaving you with the feeling that youâÇÖve met each and every one of these characters at some point in your own life, or may have even been in one of two of these poems yourself.áááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááHolly Day, author of INTO THE CRACKSáááJohn Dorsey is one of my favorite living poets - clear minute particulars and broken-hearted honesty.áGenerous empathetic outlook for our hardened times.Marc Olmsted, author of DONâÇÖT HESITATE: KNOWING ALLENááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááGINSBERGáThereâÇÖs a bleakness to the landscape of John DorseyâÇÖs characters. The clouds are always low. Someone is always scraping together money for a cheeseburger or a pint of wine. Despite that, the landscape is livable because the cheeseburgers are tasty and the wine quenches a thirst. His characters know that 'painting flowers with a closed fist / lacks imagination.'áReading this fine collection is like coming upon a magical 'tar paper shack / full of poems / & beehives / & music.'áááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááMike James, author of Leftover Distances