Description:
A new collection of poems from Daniel Hales, "explaining" everything from how to tie a tie to how to get a job promotion.
Brief description: Daniel Hales is the author of the hybrid novel Run Story (Shape&Nature Press), the poetry collection ¿Cómo Hacer Preguntas? or How To Make Questions: 69 Instructional Poems In English (Frayed Edge), & three poetry chapbooks: Shake My Ashes (Beard of Bees), Blind Drive (White Knuckle), & Tempo Maps (Ixnay). His writing has appeared in Booth, Conduit, The Massachusetts Review, Quarter After Eight, & elsewhere. He makes music as Umbral, The Ambiguities, & Selah haleS. The most recent album by his band, The Frost Heaves & Hales, is Ghost Of A Chance To The Shadow Of A Doubt. His preferred place of worship is a kayak. His sensei is The Cat Of Many Names.
Review Quotes:
"Daniel Hales has written a brilliant page-turner! "Let's erode & sell / our wisdom teeth to Alchemy," the poet suggests between swan warnings and mice eating the candles on his porch. By the time you reach "How To Be Mist," you will want to begin reading these poems over the phone. Call your lover and your friends, and don't forget to call your mother! I love this book!"--CAConrad, author of Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return