Poetry. The poems in Tony Brewer's HOMUNCULUS are by turns culturally critical, nimble, wily and a little dangerous in the old school punk rock sense. These are the back-alley poems, the outskirts-scholar-in-the-lab poems, the ones that hang around at the edges of the party, sometimes sneering, sometimes drinking too much (or too little), sometimes falling apart in a totally human way. Don't try and comfort them--they don't need you feeling sorry. They need you as a part of their community spirit--weird and dark and wiry. ...
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Poetry. The poems in Tony Brewer's HOMUNCULUS are by turns culturally critical, nimble, wily and a little dangerous in the old school punk rock sense. These are the back-alley poems, the outskirts-scholar-in-the-lab poems, the ones that hang around at the edges of the party, sometimes sneering, sometimes drinking too much (or too little), sometimes falling apart in a totally human way. Don't try and comfort them--they don't need you feeling sorry. They need you as a part of their community spirit--weird and dark and wiry. Think d.a. levy or Gregory Corso in the 21st century--observant, irreverent, and forthright with awe. HOMUNCULUS is wide-eyed and totally concussive--a concentrated, alchemical, poetry bomb!--Matt Hart
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Add this copy of Homunculus to cart. $17.00, like new condition, Sold by Dunaway Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Saint Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Dos Madres Press.
