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A collection of candid, surreal, and wickedly funny poems and prose.
List of contents
AVID DIVA
HYPNAGOGIC BOSTON
PAUL SCHEERBART
LOVE IS MADE OF SKY
THE CHOSEN
THE HYDROPATHIC WAY
CHIEFLY
ROAD SONG FOR JUAN & THE PINES
RICHARD O. MOORE IMAGINED AS A BOB DYLAN SONG
LOST POEM
HOMAGE TO ROD ROLAND
DARK CANDLE
FEEL MY PAIN
MY BLACK DIARY
GARRETT CAPLES RIDES AGAIN
BLAP
OAKLAND
NOD OFTEN
MARGIN OF TERROR
AMERICA THE POEM
TRIUMPH OF THE WILLING
PARABLE
GUT OF BRANDO
SELF-PORTRAIT AS DAVID LETTERMAN
PAUL BOWLES IN EL CERRITO
SELF-PORTRAIT AS JAMES BOND
ZEN OF NEZ
TRACTATUS
TEN TEN-LINE POEMS FOR PHILIP LAMANTIA
THE CANTOS, THEN TACOS
CELTIC LOVE SONG FOR SUZANNE
About the author
Garrett Caples is the author of Retrievals (2014), The Garrett Caples Reader (1999), Complications (2007), and Quintessence of the Minor (2010). He is the co-editor of The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia (2013), Particulars of Place (2015) by Richard O. Moore, and Incidents of Travel in Poetry: New and Selected Poems (2016) by Frank Lima. He is an editor at City Lights Books and curates the Spotlight Poetry Series there. He was also a contributing writer to the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He has written articles and blogged for the Poetry Foundation and occasionally blogs for blogcitylights.com. He has a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in San Francisco.
Summary
A collection of candid, surreal, and wickedly funny poems and prose.
