Monster Fashion

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Popular culture has never been observed so poetically or examined by such an inquisitive mind as in this debut collection by Jarret Keene. Pieces about contemporary social issues, including abandoned babies and concealed weapons, contrast with and complement pieces about Mad magazine's Alfred E. Neuman, along with Aubrey Beardsley, Godzilla, Ava Gardner, 'Night of the Living Dead' and Captain America. Unexpected and accessible, Keene's work is at once thought-provoking and timely. 'Apt to change your idea of beauty' - W.Trowbridge

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"Perverse, lurid, paranoid, violent, grotesque... MONSTER FASHION is apt to change your idea of beauty." - William Trowbridge, author of Flickers

Author Bio

Jarret Keene currently teaches at University of Nevada Las Vegas, where he is also editor of Black Box Recorder. His work has appeared in dozens of literary magazines and journals, including American Literary Review, Another Chicago Magazine, Cold Mountain Review, New Delta Review, Heliotrope, and Chelsea among others. He was awarded the 2000 Winter Wood Poetry Award, sponsored by the literary magazine Common Ground, and his poem "Monster Fashion" received a 2000 Pushcart Prize nomination from Laurel Review.