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David McGimpsey
Implicating extremes from Coriolanus to Karen Carpenter, this book is both serious poetry and a work of comedy. A collection of wry soliloquies and sonnets, it begins with a milestone…
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Pop culture sonnets as a midlife-crisis confessional. Li'l Bastard covers the three poetic Bs: baseball, beer, and Barnaby Jones.
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Inspired by the world of popular culture, this collection of original and often humorous poetry includes pleas to the spirit of Elvis Presley, monologues from Elly May Clampett and Darrin…
These strongly voiced, characteristically funny poems engage and interrogate contemporary popular culture and wittily establish the province of the loser. With some fresh insight into literary history, this collection dares…
Canadian poetry, well done, with everything, to go. Hamburger Valley, California is David McGimpsey’s funniest and most compelling collection to date. With his unapologetic love of popular culture, he presents…
Baseball and literature, both ‘high’ and ‘low’ have long sat side-by-side in the dugout. This title describes baseball’s combinations and forms, seeking to plumb its meaning as a game and…
Asbestos Heights is the poke in the eye that misses and ends up somewhere else.
