Japery: A Bogus Anthology

By University of Arkansas Monticello Literary Publications

'What is it that you read my lord Dunstable?' Words, words, words. And such words From brain-fizz fever to keyboard to page, pushed by the broom of the tick of the clock with the metaphors mixed, the filter off and the fingers on fire, here they come. Japing and punning and sad and hip and meta and better by far than they ought to be. Here they come. The joyous words. This little book is full on 'em.
-Dunstable Feather, Author of Songs of Indolence and Expedience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Feathered Soul

The word "anthology" refers, in its origin language, to a gathering of flowers; here we have a gathering of powers: of creativity, of experimentation, of let's-try-and-see. Taken as a set of texts, the poems and prose in this gathering display in detailed cross-section how the powers of generation can wreak fascinating results when the pretension of identity is let go of. Accordingly, this little book is chock full of allusion and illusion, unusual species of collocation, and numerous fruitful juxtapositions. The net product is as much an am-dram cavalcade of personae and postural costume as it is an anthology of creative japes. May the imaginative powers of the contributors-several of them appearing here for the first time in publication-continue to flower.
-Maia Ararat, Editor of The Pleiades Review of Imaginary Literatures

It is impossible to praise too highly the poetry and prose to be savored within this extraordinary collection. The work has a celestial glow; it flies with the crow the shortest distance between two points; it can show many things you do not know. What is the significance of Brussels sprouts? Is there rap music in Arkansas? What are the emotional implications of a package of seeds? Is God a fox? How does one survive this globe of trouble and woe? Read herein for answers to life's most pressing problems, in literature so delectable, you'll taste sweetness for a week.
-Sarah Stein, Poet Laureate of Lost Deer Galloping in the Backyard

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F3VCT2H8
• ISBN13: 9798314361948
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"