Side Step Me: some poems, photos, and short stories about pill-popping culture
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Rating | : | 4.70 (607 Votes) |
Asin | : | B001OI1Z1A |
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Number of Pages | : | 365 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-11-16 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Side Stepping with Alex Shannon L. Yarbrough Like many writers, Alex Geana probably keeps a journal. When his Mead black and white notebook isn't at hand, he grabs a cocktail napkin at the bar and borrows a pen from a waiter to record the thoughts forming in his brain. He says so in the introduction of his anthology called Side Step Me. One poem is even labeled "Poem on a Bar Receipt." My favorite surface was always using the back of the cardboard beer advertisement tents on the table. Geana says the collection of poems in Side Step Me spans ten years. You'd think he was in his fifties because he mentions a dead mentor in the first sentence of the introduction, and his writing style. Shannon L. Yarbrough said Side Stepping with Alex. Like many writers, Alex Geana probably keeps a journal. When his Mead black and white notebook isn't at hand, he grabs a cocktail napkin at the bar and borrows a pen from a waiter to record the thoughts forming in his brain. He says so in the introduction of his anthology called Side Step Me. One poem is even labeled "Poem on a Bar Receipt." My favorite surface was always using the back of the cardboard beer advertisement tents on the table. Geana says the collection of poems in Side Step Me spans ten years. You'd think he was in his fifties because he mentions a dead mentor in the first sentence of the introduction, and his writing style. "A review that relates" according to James Jacob Pierri. Nyc is just a floating rock in between the ocean and a powerful river, this location is a crossroads for a panoramic setting of all sorts of characters.Alex Geana has captured a glimpse in the mind of a small percentage brave enough to think thoughts like the poems found in his book, I say this because being one of few in this select group who actually understands.Nyc was my back yard and play ground my whole life,visiting or participating in the 'SOCIAL SCENES' portrayed in Alex's writing kept me turning page after page. To find a series of poems transformed from thought into poem and an idea begin with deep speculation and most times en
Capturing the strata of its inhabitants; as they constantly navigate this forever up-and-coming city – wait for lovers or try to cope with their lives. Poetry and short stories take us through the bathhouses of online sex.The many powerful people find that stillness is intoxicating and must be avoided, because the sickly things they do, surface in their dreams. The happy doctors that dispense pills like Halloween candy, encouraging the sensation of happiness through the lonely intimacy and sometimes fever of New York.The author draws from his own experience, withdrawing from Celexa, cold turkey, because insurance ran dry. Yet finally the reasons for joy float into reality and are understood.. Side Step Me dips into pill popping culture; a never-ending need for one night stands, conspicuous consumption, intoxication