Title: Postmodern American Gothic
Review: The review title is borrowed from the blurb on the back of the paperback. It is as good a description of this unique writing style as you will get. The list of poems making up Drought is a bit misleading - in general the segments are prose poems ... or prose. However, there is a narrative line - a very powerful tale of the death of a relationship within the stress of drought.The second piece "Say what you like" is less memorable than "Drought". In this case the relationship includes abuse - and when the relationship disolves the identity of the individuals is rendered uncertain in the best postmodern style.A new poet/author's whose work is well worth watching.
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