Today's book of poetry is Fancy Beasts by Alex Lemon. I personally found Alex's poems to be quite moving and funny and think you would too. Here's a description from Milkweed Editions:
"Scorching away the false distinctions between body and spirit, this collection gives brilliant expression to the turning point in an extraordinary life. Set primarily in California, and riffing on the 2008 election, plastic surgery, Larry Craig, wildfires, Wal-Mart, and rampant commercialism, these poems are a workout—vigorous and raw. Yet they are also composed and controlled, pared down and sculpted, with a disarming narrative simplicity and directness. Taken together, they offer a frank, funny, and inimitably frenetic vision of postmillennial America. A stunning achievement."
I also found this link to Alex's blog...Enjoy the Fancy Beasts!
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