Apocapulco

Synopsis

“Apocapulco shimmers with the white-hot intensity of a world with minutes to go, with a diction that lances and cauterizes the bloated lyric ego with a single, slick incision. In this breathless, thrilling work Addison dares to stare at what most poets glance aslant: ‘tonight we are in league / and will regurgitate the truth.’” – Scott Thurston

Praise for this Book

‘Apocapulco shimmers with the white-hot intensity of a world with minutes to go, with a diction that lances and cauterizes the bloated lyric ego with a single, slick incision. Whilst MacSweeney and Bukowski are given apt tribute here, these poems’ clipped cadences and tough enjambments also recall the crystalline mastery of early Wieners – swapping the flophouses of San Francisco for the favelas of Salvador da Bahia. In this breathless, thrilling work Addison dares to stare at what most poets glance aslant: ‘tonight we are in league / and will regurgitate the truth.’

’ —Scott Thurston

Collections: All, Author: Neil Addison, Books VAT Zero Rated, Poetry by individual poets

Category: Extent: 48pp, Format: Pamphlet, Publication Date: 15-Dec-10, Publication Status: Out of print, Subject: Poetry by individual poets, Trim Size: 198 x 129mm