Death of the Coppertone Girl

A dispatch from halfway houses and sober living facilities. Here are feverish fractals of elaborate blues in cascading Kerouac long lines. Ridgeway white knuckles through these bleak times.
—Westley Heine

Kintsugi, the Japanese art wherein broken pottery is repaired with gold, strengthening the breaks but also transforms imperfections into features of stunning beauty. Kevin’s spare, translucent poems are veined in gold and speak that truth in every line.
—Kristofer Collins writes about books in Pittsburgh, PA

If you live the poem, do yourself a favor, crack this book and hang your heartbreaks together.
—Jason Baldinger