Poetry. Ryan Davidson's male protagonists are affable and messy as Charles Bukowski's, if only Bukowski left Los Angeles more often. From Hong Kong to Venice, Harlem to Belgrade, readers will be introduced to a string of love affairs: the Sarahs of many continents. In the vein of Tony Hoagland, Davidson's poems are tangential gestures that both tell a story and transcend the subject. The poems aren't just about the girls themselves, but where they fall in and out of place and time.
Author Hometown: Glasgow UK
About the author: Ryan J. Davidson is a Scottish-American currently pursuing his PhD in Glasgow, Scotland. He has called Vermont, Hong Kong, New Jersey, New York, Aomori and Matzusaka, Japan, and Graz, Austria, home. UNDER WHAT STARS is his first collection of poetry.
Reviews:
Chris Middleman in Spectrum Culture
Edward Mullany in Prick of the Spindle
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