Don'T Try

In this collection of co-written poems, former Oklahoma Poet Laureate Nathan Brown and three-time Austin Music Hall-of-Famer Jon Dee Graham call on the grumpy specter of Charles Bukowski to tell their world slant. Every poem's title is a line or phrase from Bukowski's work. Even the title of the book, "Don't Try," is the inscription on the old man's tombstone. Like a collection of profane Psalms, this book brings the concept of "duet" to poetry. And it comes out swinging with the sounds of distorted guitars and smoke-encrusted vocals.

• | Author: Canada Research Chair in Poetics and Assistant Professor of English Nathan Brown, Nathan Brown, Jon Dee Graham
• | Publisher: Mezcalita Press, Llc
• | Publication Date: Jul 26, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 96 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0983738378
• | ISBN-13: 9780983738374