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Title: The Forgiveness Parade by Jeffrey McDaniel ISBN: 0-916397-55-6 Publisher: Manic D Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: McDaniel Rocks!
Comment: In this second book for Manic D, McDaniels plumbs the depth of disfunctional families in a throughly entertaining yet emotionally driven way. He delivers some awesome punchlines, too! One of the best poets in America.
Rating: 4
Summary: Re-Speaking His Own language
Comment: A master of the quirky metaphor and possessing the guile of a guilty child, McDaniels seems atuned to the zeitgeist of contemporanity in a way that few poets are able to evoke with out falling into sophomoric self-parody (such as Beau Sia and much of the other young NYC scene). But through the odd juxtipositions that McDaniels is able to blessedly, and wickedly, un-find, he creates tremendous psychological arguments in the smallest of lyrics. You may find yourself laughing outloud and then unavoidably realize there's some real darkness underneath this surface texture of humour. I call these poems "un"-poems-- that is they are un-unusual and un-graciously un-refined, like James Tate back when he still knew how to write. But better.
Rating: 1
Summary: He Should Ask for Readers' Forgiveness
Comment: The best comparison I can think of is this collection of poetry is a Big Mac, when you really wanted something more satisfying like a steak. Poem after poem seems caught up in self-aware, self-indulgent "look at me I'm a poet!" and ideas never taken to their full extent. None of these poems are overly memorable. Some seem just shallow attempts to offend as many people as possible, recycling themes that have been used over and over again, but often done better by other poets. Perhaps he is an excellent reader in person, but the poems should have some power when read on their own, which these fail to do.
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Title: Alibi School by Jeffrey McDaniel ISBN: 0916397386 Publisher: Manic D Press Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Splinter Factory by Jeffrey McDaniel ISBN: 0916397793 Publisher: Manic D Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Philosopher's Club (New Poets of America, Vol 14) by Kim Addonizio, Gerald Stern ISBN: 1880238039 Publisher: Boa Editions, Ltd. Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom ISBN: 0786868716 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken ISBN: 0525947647 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 29 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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