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- ISBN 9781950539628
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2022
- Publisher: Dzanc Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The poems in Adult Night at Skate World sift out the glitter in the gravel, unearthing both heartbreak and moments of transcendence in
the seemingly mundane. These are songs of the anti-poetic, overlooked
and assumed lost cause: Craigslist Missed Connections, getting snubbed
at a rock show, middle-aged roller rink attendees, the class loser, a
swan longing to mate with a paddleboat. But instead of scorn, they
invite our laughter. Instead of dismissal, compassion. In place of cool
cynicism, awe.
Christina Kallery’s poetry has appeared in Failbetter, Rattle, The Collagist, Gargoyle, and Mudlark, among other publications, and has been included in several anthologies, including Best of the Web and Respect: The Poetry of Detroit Music. She has served as submissions editor for Absinthe: A Journal of World Literature in Translation and poetry editor for Failbetter.
She grew up near the woods in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula before living
in the Detroit area and then New York City. She currently resides in Ann
Arbor, Michigan.
