Through the smoke-lit pool halls, back roads, rehab centers, truck stops, and diners of the still industrial world, Sean Thomas Dougherty offers us the stories he has lived and collected of men and women barely working, just getting by, but every morning still going on, even if unsure.
Unsung unbearably blue, even frightening
in how they leave us, our responsibilities
among the debris, these utterances
we cannot hold.
Sean Thomas Doughertyis the author of nine books includingNightshift Belonging to Lorca, a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. He lives in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he teaches writing workshops.
Sean Thomas Dougherty is the author of nine books includingNightshift Belonging to Lorca, a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize, andExcept by Falling, winner of the 2000 Pinyon Press Poetry Prize from Mesa State College. His awards include two Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Fellowships in Poetry. Known for his electrifying performances, he has toured extensively across North America and Europe. He received an MFA in poetry from Syracuse University and lives in Erie, PA, where he teaches writing workshops.
By award-winning and prolific poet known for his high-energy performances
Charts stories not often examined in American poetry: those of men and women barely working and just getting by, but still going on
A tough book, not even working class but underclass, written by one of the few accomplished writers who still lives and works with an eye to the street
Set in Midwest Rustbelt cities and small towns, ties into to current grass-roots movements of urban renewal and will appeal to hip, young creative residents
The variety of experimental and traditional forms structure the book's themes of loss and redemption
Compelling and intense portrayal of personal subjects, suchl2
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