Austin, Texas: one of the hippest and hottest cities in the land. Live music, great food, college sports, easy livin’, right? Perhaps. But a malevolent and voracious monster also dominates central Texas, threatening daily the utopian ideal. His name? The Traffickwock. Austin is consistently ranked among the nation’s most congested cities and continued growth combined with an overwhelmed infrastructure don’t necessarily suggest relief any time soon. Thankfully a bold and tireless poet has stepped up to make sense of it all. To fight the Traffickwock with the pen. To introduce the world to a previously unrecognized and unfairly unheralded literary sub genre: traffic poetry (and whatnot). That’s right, no expressway is too jammed, no Austin driver is too important nor too pathetic to escape the meter and occasional rhyme of MoPac Tupac. Featuring a foreword by acclaimed writer and longtime Austin resident Tim O'Brien, Traffickwocky is here. Buckle up and enjoy the ride!