A book of poetry by well known Chicagoan Thax Douglas. Composed between 1989-2000,the book contains imaginative resculpturings of the author's emotional life,as well as "poetry portraits" of Chicago celebrities and rock bands.
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It's shocking that such dark disturbing poems come out of such a calm decent-seeming man. -- Ira Glass,This American Life
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Born on October 31,1957,the same day as Robert Pollard,the dedicatee of the book,Thax Douglas started writing seriously in 1987,influenced by Anne Sexton and Jack Kerouac. He started reading at the Green Mill poetry slam but stopped in 1991 when it stopped being fun.He is well known for hosting rock shows at the legendary Lounge Ax club,as well as a weekly poetry feature Sunday nights at Myopic Bookstore in Wicker Park.He plans on touring extensively with this book so watch for him in your area.
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Poet of Chicago Surfacing Culture,
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This review is from: Tragic Faggot Syndrome (Paperback)
Thax Douglas has filtered Chicago surfacing culture through his pores for 2 decades or so. The beat-inflected verse in this volume distills indie band shows (often at the scruffiest venues), performance art pieces, and poetry readings into abstract portraits of the artists at work.
Though apparently composed in situ and from close observation, these poems reveal to me as much about the creativity of perception as the characters of the artists observed (Lawrence Steger, Eleventh Dream Day, Sam Prekop some notables). A must for literate and adventurous music fans with interest of Chicago culture. Poetry readers whose tastes run to the City Lights crowd check this out too.
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This book changed my life,
By Winfrey (Silicon Valley) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tragic Faggot Syndrome (Paperback)
It opened my eyes as to what life is all about. I recommend it to all my friends who are 'confused'.
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