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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
We Are All Terminal But This Exit Is Mine

We Are All Terminal But This Exit Is Mine

Duncan, James

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 0998309028
ISBN13: 9780998309026
Publisher: Unknown Pr
Published: Oct 31 2017
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.21 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
New from Unknown Press, this full-length collection of poetry explores the childhood memories and nostalgic daydreams of a grade-school bookworm now grown up to face cancer, debt, solitude, and the fear that all the joys and hopes of a bygone youth are slipping out of reach.An unflinching collection that spins a web of reminiscence sweet with heartache and dusted with longing for a youth now passed. - Ally Malinenko, author of The Wanting Bone and This Is Sarah A poignantly beautiful and bittersweet cycle of poems-vivid reflections of a grown man coming to terms with the hopes, dreams and experiences of childhood, his present circumstances and possible future outcomes. The poems are evocative meditations on the transitory and ephemeral nature of life and our inevitable mortality. Though often tinged with sadness, they serve as incantations that are, at their core, hopeful, celebratory and life affirming. - Michael Gillan Maxwell, author of The Part Time Shaman Handbook: An Introduction For BeginnersJames H Duncan's We Are All Terminal But this Exit Is Mine may sound like a dour collection of verse of a young man on his way to a desperate end, but in fact, nothing is further from the truth. Duncan takes his experiences from brutal reminders of mortality and hems them up with his succinct, deceptively-simple (quite complex) view of life that leaves the reader glad they breathe vibrant air, feel radiant sun, and never take life for granted. - Clifford Brooks, Pulitzer nominee and author of The Draw of Broken Eyes and Whirling MetaphysicsIn his new collection, Duncan comes full circle as a poet. Whether he's being the heathen of light, the heathen of sin, the heathen of love, or the heathen of life's simple miracles-Duncan lays a firm foundation to dribble his heart-and-bones poetry on the guts of your soul. This is a compelling collection of poems that'll be a welcome addition to any bookshelf. - Frank Reardon, author of Blood Music, Nirvana Haymaker, and The Broken Halo Blues

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