Almost Nothing to Be Scared of

Almost Nothing to Be Scared ofFull of Clewell s distinctive blend of narrative and lyric, as well as his unabashed, idiosyncratic sense of wonder, these poems often spring from unlikely sources: Adam and Eve s Paradisal do over at the Jersey shore, the misguided promise of tinfoil hats, Uncle Bud on the Moon, Debbie Fuller on Pluto, debatable Bigfoot nomenclature, Richard Nixon s social media rejuvenation, and a Nebraska policeman s run in with space aliens who tell him, We want

Full of Clewell s distinctive blend of narrative and lyric, as well as his unabashed, idiosyncratic sense of wonder, these poems often spring from unlikely sources: Adam and Eve s Paradisal do-over at the Jersey shore, the misguided promise of tinfoil hats, Uncle Bud on the Moon, Debbie Fuller on Pluto, debatable Bigfoot nomenclature, Richard Nixon s social-media rejuvenation, and a Nebraska policeman s run-in with space aliens who tell him, We want you to believe in us but not too much.
In Almost Nothing To Be Scared Of, David Clewell s most expansive work yet, readers will discover a multiplicity of new ways to take heart surely no small thing in a world where we re too often asked to take what we d rather not."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 10/20/1999
ISBN: 9780299307240
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.90w x 0.60d