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The Book Of Frank (2010)

by CA Conrad(Favorite Author)

4.53 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1933517492 (ISBN13: 9781933517490)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Wave Books

review 1: Absolutely incredible. I'm reminded of _Autobiography of Red_ by Anne Carson. Conrad's book is so incredibly vivid, heart-straining, eye-opening...and, at points, very funny. Frank is innocent, I think, and the vulnerability that Conrad is able to play upon strikes a register that makes me hopeful for communication between people any/everywhere who have lived and loved (suffered)--that is, across boundaries we are accustomed to think are impossible to cross. Frank's multiplicity, which Eileen Myles' great essay in this edition touches on, makes him (/her, /they, /us) all the more accessible to any and every reader. I think I love these poems most for confirming that it's okay, no matter what, to be a child.
review 2: Basically, a very sad, very funny, fucked up... more, impossible, and impossibly real fairy tale. Full of disconnected moments invariably rooted in real world reactions/feelings/interactions that do tend to meet the end of their circle within each moment. It was not possible for me to start reading it without finishing it in one sitting. A seriously memorable and addictive narrative told over three stages of a mysterious changeling's life. less

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