Poetry. "WE WERE WEREWOLVES uses constraints to open up the English language to deeper and darker humors than any your basic run-of-the-mill prosaic verse can begin to imagine. The insistent permutations of alphabetical sounds, the severe word love run through film noir-based tonalities, & the small-to-epic scale of reordering found in so many of these Nuferian arrangements lay bare a gleeful prosody of the nervous system. Pleasure level herein: mighty high"—Anselm Berrigan.

Author Hometown: SEATTLE, WA USA



About the author: Doug Nufer uses formal constraints to write fiction, poetry, and pieces for performance. He is the author of the poetry collection WE WERE WEREWOLVES (Make Now Press, 2008), and six novels, including BY KELMAN OUT OF PESSOA (Les Figues Press, 2011) Never Again (Black Square Editions, 2004), NEGATIVELAND (Autonomedia, 2004), and the double novel THE MUDFLAT MAN/THE RIVER BOYS (Soultheft Records, 2006). His work has appeared in CHAIN, FENCE, The Brooklyn Rail, Ubu Web, and Trickhouse. He lives in Seattle.