In Benjamin Daniel Lawless' first book of poetry you will find Astronauts Car crashes Muggings Freddie Mercury Storms in South Dakota Fiery cadavers in Fresno Confusion in Lodi Exhaustion Romance Awkward situations in burning buildings A gorilla at the prom Strange naked women Metaphor Dick Clark A world without us in it Baseball Fast cars and ghetto gangsters Art classes Dante's Inferno A good jazz band, but atrocious company Edward Hirsch Liquid hot magma The moon, and you and me Inappropriate comments to authority figures
In Benjamin Daniel Lawless' first book of poetry you will find Astronauts Car crashes Muggings Freddie Mercury Storms in South Dakota Fiery cadav...
Nearly three years after his first book, There Is Nothing Poetic About Fish, Benjamin Daniel Lawless is in an entirely different frame of mind. "A lot changed in the last three years," says Lawless. "I got married, for one. It gave me an opportunity to look at the long term, both forwards and backwards in time. Reflect on where I've been and plot out where I might be going." It's obvious that in The Last Spelling Bee, he's doing just that.
Whether he's writing a to-do list for time travellers, spinning a tall tale of how he won his sixth grade spelling bee, or painting a picture of life...
Nearly three years after his first book, There Is Nothing Poetic About Fish, Benjamin Daniel Lawless is in an entirely different frame of mind. "A ...
