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Author John Dorsey

John Dorsey

John Dorsey lived for several years in Toledo, Ohio. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including Teaching the Dead to Sing: The Outlaw's Prayer (Rose of Sharon Press, 2006), Sodomy is a City in New Jersey (American Mettle Books, 2010), Appalachian Frankenstein (GTK Press, 2015) and Being the Fire (Tangerine Press, 2016). His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He may be reached at archerevans@yahoo.com

Books by John Dorsey


Harvey Korman Harvey Korman Harvey Korman

By John Dorsey , S.A. Griffin , Scott Wannberg

Published: 2017

Harvey Korman, Harvey Korman, Harvey Korman is the latest installment from that classic trio of American word harriers who've gone tear-assing around our compromised continent looking for the shit. Their previous ffort, 2005's Harvey Keitel, Harvey Keitel, Harvey Keitel combined the voices of these three close friends, all poetry masters, and planted their poems firmly in the zeitgeist. is is no "sequel" in the traditional sense but it still percolates with the considerable energies of its occupants and its poignancy is resonant and lasting, especially with the untimely death of Scott Wannberg in 2011. S.A., his literary executor, is making some of these poems available for the first time.

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