Description
Poetry. Illustrations by Rob Fairburn. "In Kevin Cutrer's world someone can get the Spirit from a blow on the head with a 2 x 4, or simply because his mother teaches him to read while she answers business calls on the phone, or because he realizes he has to love his brother, despite the man's ugly transgressions. It is a world of wrenching authenticity, of the near lethal transition from innocence to experience, when as one of his memorable characters says, 'knowledge / will bite you like a snake.' The poet claims in one poem to be 'an unsound witness of my own life.' But LORD'S OWN ANOINTED shows us that Cutrer has been watching passionately, accurately, and soundly all along."—Mark Jarman
Author Bio
Born and raised in Southeastern Louisiana, Kevin Cutrer taught English in Northeastern Brazil, and now lives in Boston. His poems and reviews have appeared in such publications as The Hudson Review, The Dark Horse, The Raintown Review, Literary Matters, and Panorama: the Journal of Intelligent Travel. His poems have been featured on E-Verse Radio and Poetry Daily. He frequently reads in venues across Boston, Cambridge, and New York, and is the co- host, with Luke Bauerlein and Luke Stromberg, of Works Cited: a Podcast about Poems. Kevin Cutrer is the author of THE LORD'S OWN ANOINTED (Dos Madres Press, 2015). His latest book of poetry is MUDANÇA (Dos Madres Press, 2019).
Author City: BOSTON, MA USA