Patrick Rosal, Author . Persea $13.95 (65p) ISBN 978-0-89255-330-3
Rosal's fiery sophomore effort begins, "When shall I/ open my mouth/ and let half/ the world/ fall in?" Fast-paced and self-assured, it reflects a mélange of precedents— Allen Ginsberg, Gwendolyn Brooks, a bevy of hip-hop...
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Patrick Rosal, Author Persea Books $13.95 (64p) ISBN 978-0-89255-293-1
Patrick Rosal's Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive kicks off with old school-obsessed narratives (""To be To B-boy To lace shell-toe Adidas/ To say Word Kurtis Blow"") but takes his investigations of masculinity far into the neighborhood, ...
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Patrick Rosal. Persea (Norton, dist.), $15 trade paper (96p) ISBN 978-0-89255-386-0
The violence of young men, the tenderness of old guitars, the tribulations and the glories of Filipino and multiracial American heritage collide and combine in the forceful and passionate elegies, geographies, and love poems that make up Rosal’s...
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Patrick Rosal. Persea (Norton, dist.), $15.95 trade paper (80p) ISBN 978-0-89255-474-4
In his boisterous fourth book, Rosal (Boneshepherds) writes odes to notions of home, family, and the transcendent joy in music and dance, among other subjects. The Brooklynite turned Philadelphian opens the collection with a nod to his former...
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