Synopses & Reviews
Up-and-coming poet Jamie Sharpe presents a finely tuned second collectionCut-up Apologetic, Sharpes second collection, explores aging in a world where youth is terrible and something we desperately want back. These are poems about failing to leave our mark while marks are left on us about the collective insatiability of emptying surroundings in an attempt to fill ourselves.
At the same time, Cut-up Apologetic is naïve and playful even when examining fear expressed as discrimination or the ways restlessness transitions into an inertia spelling cultural death. Sharpe finds strange new horizons extend(ing)/only backward, into memory.”
Review
The mindful cage-rattling of this slim volume will provoke readers to ponder the importance of their own self-expression and the reality of their failures in the context of an increasingly corporatized world.”
Scene MagazineCut-up Apologetic is a melancholic look at the foibles of modern society, and it explores our struggles, fears, and our desire to be remembered for ages to come.” TheAbsoluteMag.com
"Cut-up Apologetic is a twisted look at todays world, very enjoyable and recommended." Evil Cyclist
"Sharpes poetry is poignant and fresh, holding a magnifying glass freely to Corporate North America and to himself.” Jaffalogue
About the Author
Jamie Sharpe is the author of Animal Husbandry Today (ECW, 2012). He lives in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.