Plash & Levitation

"Plash & Levitation "delves into the chaotic sublime of fatherhood and explores candid recollections of the poet s own youth. Juxtaposed with these confessional poems are dramatic monologues from an array of historical figures, including Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman, rock legend Keith Moon, and Harriet Bailey, the mother of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, as well as cultural figures, including the Redskins logo and the wolfman. The result is a book that explores the newness of parenting, the abuses of history, and the burden of memory in poems that are often witty, consistently musical, and undeniably powerful."