Synopses & Reviews
Whether he is writing about Godzilla, Alfred E. Neuman, Ava Gardner, concealed weapons, or X-ray specs, Jarret Keene is always building a bigger world, tearing it down, and then putting it back together, each time creating a new place. As American a poet as Patti Smith or Walt Whitman, Keene is something else as well: legitimate pop-culture royalty whose award-winning poetry has been published in more than 50 literary journals and magazines. Monster Fashion is apt to change your idea of beauty. William Trowbridge, author of Flickers
Review
"Keene's book is not only intelligent and accessible but fun, a combination that is too rarely seen." -- Las Vegas Mercury
Synopsis
Pop culture meets and mates with poetic formalism: whether he's writing about Captain America, Godzilla, abandoned babies, or hangovers, Keene's work is unexpected, smart and funny. Where Wile E. Coyote pays homage to George Santayana...or is it the other way around?
Synopsis
Pop culture meets and mates with poetic formalism.
About the Author
Jarret Keene is author of the poetry collection MONSTER FASHION and the rock-band bio THE KILLERS: DESTINY IS CALLING ME, and editor of THE UNDERGROUND GUIDE TO LAS VEGAS. He lives in Las Vegas.