Steeped in a high-octane mythos, Jason Bredle’s Carnival lets every inch of the world surge with delight and sorrow. The result is a collection of poems that thrills by framing an accurate snapshot of the human condition at its most absurd and joyful. This is book a where boundaries don’t exist, where people just might bring onions and Grand Marnier to the beach, or a transient may be spotted spooning a raccoon in a back yard, and we are all the happier for it.