In this collection of 46 poems, Marie Kazalia, whose work has been described as "hellmouth candids," offers a vivid reality of a disengaged life through sometimes disturbing yet intriguing images of a woman immersed in the urban struggle, faced with compromising accommodations in run down hotels in San Francisco's Mission District, encounters with street derelicts, homelessness and her own sense of sexuality. The poems capture with poignant vitality the observations of the author as she readjusts to American life on her return to San Francisco from 4 years as an expatriate in the Orient. Like black and white photography these confessional poems explore, without contradiction, the reclusive and sacred, elements akin to the struggling class. They will draw you into a world that is frighteningly beautiful and deeply personal.

Erratic Sleep in a Cold Hotel

Literature & Fiction

Kazalia, Marie

Poetry

Phony Lid Publications

Reading Todd Moore is like looking down the barrel of a shotgun... you need guts. Beyond the simplicity of modern gore, these narrative poems will take the reader closer to the grit of a life full of holes than any other hypothesis on the reality of down and out.

Shotgun Blues

Moore, Todd

Oscar

Lustig, Laura Joy

<p>Meet Ray Pulaski. With no real personality of his own, Pulaski reinvents himself as Ray Style, rock star and neighborhood gigolo...only the neighborhood isn't buying his story. Soon Ray sets off across the country in search of the reasons for his derangement, but neither Ray Style nor another new personality, consumate gentleman Ray Proper, are about to give up the fight for Ray's soul. Can Ray put his jigsaw puzzle of a life together?</p>

Illustrated Minibook: Fizz - Chapter 1

Toth, Paul A.

<p>A Masque of Infamy is a ribald story of teenage rebellion and survival. After moving from Los Angeles to small town Alabama in 1987 with his father, his younger brother and this a "friend" of the family, Louis Baudrey tries to fit in at the local high school, but the Bible-thumpers and the rednecks don’t take too kindly to his outlandish wardrobe and burgeoning punk attitude. At home, he defies the sadistic intentions of Rick, who tries to rule the household with an iron fist. As Louis is about to be shipped off to military school, he stumbles upon indisputable proof that will free him and his brother from Rick’s tyranny. But just when he thinks his troubles are over, he’s locked up in the adolescent ward of a mental hospital, where he must fight the red tape of the system to save himself, his brother and maybe even his dream of being a punk rocker.</p>

A Masque of Infamy

Dessaint, Kelly

Genre Fiction

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