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[PDF] fast food and gin on the lawn | by ì Saira Viola
253 Saira Viola

Boxed set of three bestselling suspense stories by Lindsey Stiles
I have read SLIDE by this author and understand she wrote a book of poems so I thought I would check it out The subjects range from the haunting desctruction of war to hot rodding waves in Maui Once again she uses the sonic scatterscript style of writing that she made up One of the most chilling poems is Big Gulp and Xanax all about living a prepaid existence and dying of debt Another St Wiiliamsburg Opera is all about Brooklyn in Spring and then there is Pink Vomit and Plaid the searing misery [...]
Good heavens, I haven t read much of anything like this since my student days in Boston Well, not entirely true, I do get on the tangent of reliving my somewhat marginally interesting younger days sometimes and either watch an out of the left field documentary, or find one of my old cassette tapes yes, I still own a cassette player, sue me P , or read something that is not intended to educate me or dull my nerves to sleep I used to frequent a little coffee place in Cambridge where we would get t [...]
With glowing praise from Benjamin Zephaniah one of the most respected literary figures on the planet I thought I would check it out I was unprepared for the bruising honesty and depth of the language Some of the poems are former song lyrics and if you like your rhyme with meaning and movement I would certainly put this new writer on the list She s a game changer.
Trademark blend of beauty, violence and sense of place , corraled with stark images , social polemic , song lyrics and evocative images It s just the coolest poetry book ever Grimy ghetto and Maui sunsets Viola delivers time and time again.