Poetry. LGBT Studies. "Justin Vicari is instantly recognizable as one of those scarce and certifiably gifted lunatics of The Real Thing—from the first line you know you are in the presence of someone who is capable of thinking in poetry. Anyone these days can hammer together a fashionably incomprehensible and workshop-ready piece of writing. Evidently Vicari has been selected for the lonely duty of thinking with his heart, feeling with his mind, and dreaming aloud a true poetry that communicates its deliciously subversive intent instantly to anyone with a sixth grade reading ability"—Franz Wright.

Author City: PITTSBURGH, PA USA

Justin Vicari is a poet, critic, and translator. He is the author of Male Bisexuality in Current Cinema: Images of Growth, Rebellion and Survival (McFarland, 2011). His work has received the Third Coast Poetry Prize among other awards. THE PROFESSIONAL WEEPERS is his first full-length collection of poems.