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Poetry. WAITING FOR THE DEAD TO SPEAK merges the personal with the political. In this, his second full-length book of poems, Fanelli artfully recounts coming-of-age narratives that recall the poet's encounter with schoolyard bullies while also addressing post-9/11 America, global terrorism, Ferguson, Black Lives Matter, and widening economic inequality. The poems in this book beg for a protest movement or some leader to rise up and address the unraveling American dream and unfettered capitalism. Fanelli also references 1970s punk rock pioneers like The Clash and applies the band's four-chord...

Brian Fanelli's first full-length collection is an exploration of life and love, and all the attendant glories and troubles, in the working class. His direct language and concrete imagery allow his characters to live beyond the page. His short poems tell their own stories within the bigger story.