<p>Poetry. "If you haven't already, you'll fall in love with Pilkington's voice when you read 'Pomegranate,' the first poem in this new, crazy-wonderful collection. Vivid detail wound with delicious humor augmented by the elegant, quiet, remarkable imagery of his closure. There's a comfortable, highly-intelligent oddness on these pages, page after page of consciousness-changing images, and moments of such vulnerability that you'll forget you're reading and find you want to reach out and comfort the speaker. I couldn't put this book down. I went from poem to poem feeling my jaw dropping successively lower as I progressed. Buy this book--it'll repay you with so many marvelings you'll go right back to the first page when you finish the last. This is brilliant work."--Renée Ashley</p>

Playing Poker with Tennessee Williams

Literature & Fiction

Pilkington, Kevin

Poetry

Black Lawrence Press

Poetry. "This is a poet unafraid of being understood, who will not hide behind decorativeness or the oblique. Read these poems aloud and you will hear an authentic and quintessentially American voice not only writing but also speaking to you."—Thomas Lux  "I take guilty pleasure in the poems of Kevin Pilkington, and consider him an essential voice in contemporary poetry."—Jay Parini  "In this rich collection of tender poems, he celebrates the small consolations of daily life that offer spiritual relief in the face of disappointment and loss. There are no easy epiphanies here-just one poet working as hard as he can to get through daily life with dignity and grace."—Jim Daniels

Where You Want To Be: New and Selected Poems

<p>It is 1969 and over the next four years we follow Benjamin Kissel as he is about to graduate from high school, through his college years, his first job at an advertising agency and his fist experiences with racism. It is a humorous, sexy, and, at times, emotionally wrenching journey as he makes his way on the path towards maturity. Aside from a business trip to Los Angeles where he has to work with a famous comedian and attend a celebrity drug fueled party, its setting is New York City and surrounding suburbs. Just when he things he may be navigating his way through the emotional complexities of life successfully, a death and dark twisted family secret force him to respond to and live in an altogether new reality.</p>

Taking On Secrets

Genre Fiction

Blue Jade Press LLC

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Playing Poker with Tennessee Williams

Where You Want To Be: New and Selected Poems

Taking On Secrets