Poetry. A MOUTH IN CALIFORNIA, Graham Foust's fourth book of poetry, uses the ironies and anxieties of contemporary life as a foil for mordant and sometimes violent humor. Through mangled aphorisms, misheard song lyrics, and off-key phrasing, Foust creates a unique idiom of tragicomic pratfalls, a ballet of falling down. Yet the elasticity of Foust's language repels the stiff-necked adversaries of thought: "what's the wrong way to break / that brick of truth back into music?"

Author Hometown: OAKLAND, CA USA



About the author: Graham Foust was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The author of four books of poetry, including NECESSARY STRANGER (Flood Editions, 2007), he lives in Oakland, California, with his wife and son and teaches at Saint Mary's College of California.

Reviews:
http://studioonereadingseries.blogspot.com/2009/11/paul-ebenkamp-interviews-graham-foust.html
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6715975.html
http://www.constantcritic.com/ray_mcdaniel/a-mouth-in-california/