Fake Book

By Tony Leuzzi

The surreal, tender and completely original poems that comprise Tony Leuzzi's Fake Book are anything but what such a title might approximate. These riffs on, among other things, what classic American song titles may conjure in the mind of the believer are so authoritative and yet delicate in their invention and occasional whimsy, that I found myself entering another world, another language: almost like earth, almost like English. These are poems (and fantastic prose poems that take up the last section of the book) that praise all kinds of "returns": to the self, to the community, with a kind of deliberation and ferocity that we used to call moral responsibility.- Michael Klein Drawing on the chromatics of a fake book that contains melodies and essential chords, Tony Leuzzi composes spare, elegant, and elliptical poems. I enjoyed this book.-Arthur Sze

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148498725X
• ISBN13: 9781484987254
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"