Title: Predictable Workshop humour, moves, flair
Review: I won't go as far as to say that Joel Brouer is a bad poet or that many out there won't like this book. Some poeple will love it. People love Tom Lux's work, I like much of Tom Lux's work too. But I really don't see what Brouwer has to offer anyone that Lux hasn't already. And the weight of influence is heavy in these poems.This is a common problem in first books, but to add to that Brouwer doesn't have Lux's imagination or flair for intricate turns of a phrase. In many poems, such as Steve's Commando Pinball I am left going ...so? A smart annecdote does not a poem make.
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