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Ten Walks/Two Talks (2010)

by Jon Cotner(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

193325467X (ISBN13: 9781933254678)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Ugly Duckling Press (NY)

review 1: If you get a chance to see Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch read these aloud, do it! I will admit to expecting little when they got up on the stage, maybe some more watered down surrealist dudeness that I'm used to, but these were vibrant and detailed exchanged, incredibly humorous at times, and not afraid to be simply beautiful and sublime, delicate and compassionate. If you love New York City or lived there and love it, bonus!
review 2: I knew one of the authors over a decade ago while he was still in college. Consequently, years later, I was given a copy of this book and asked to review it.That was back in 2011. At that time I was as charitable as I could possibly be, seeing that the book had been a gift and that the authors were new to publishing. I wrote, tryi... moreng to imagine myself as the kind of person who would appreciate such rambling prose. I think I gave it at least three stars--quite a stretch.Shortly thereafter I started receiving rather nasty notes, notes that were followed by a civil request from the aforementioned author to withdraw my review. The reason given was that they had hope of another publication and didn't want any criticism to decrease their chances. Grudgingly and in bad conscience, I complied.Now enough time has passed to note that I could only credit this piece of lazy description-cum-free association by adopting an alter-ego. Personally, I found it difficult to get through because the prose was lazily pedestrian and monotonic, the content monochromatically two-dimensional. Still, seeing that the authors have toured with this in the past, reading sections aloud, I should note that it is possible that their live recitations might be entertaining.I trust that no one else will seek to have me misrepresent a book or my opinions about it. I shan't do it again. less

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