Customer Reviews

El Grupo McDonalds

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I thought this was an amazing first book of poetry! Carbo covers cultural issues with humor and grace. His detail to Filipino and American pop culture is astounding as his Spanglish phrases and tagalog references. I strongly recommend this book.

I saw Mr. Carbo at a writing confab somewhere. He was not on the panel, stage, whatever. He was just there. But his book was available, this El Grupo McDonald's. Being a good sport I bought a copy along with several other writers' books available. Well, did I have a surprise.

Tough, gripping my shirt front, sometimes annoying (in a positive way), Carbo's poems just charged away on the page. Immediacy, honesty, surprise. Art, in other words.

Why the hell don't we all know more about this guy from a fascinating, strange, screwed-over culture? Beats me. I'll do my part.

Very few poets have the voice of confidence and authority Nick Carbo displays in his first book. He uses images of his native homeland that are both beautiful and disturbing, and yet he tempers every poem with a wry sense of humor that makes every insight sharper. We can't look away.

Carbo's work bubbles with a warm summer humor.

I did not know POETRY could be so riveting and heart warming at the same time. I love Mr. Carbo's poems. Can't wait for his next book

This book changed my life. I didn't know that words could be put together so beautifully. A must buy

Best buy for Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies students and professors alike

I had to buy this book for class and I didn't like the poems in it. Put me to sleep.