The Garbage Eater: Poems

by Brett Foster

The "Garbage Eater" of the title poem in Brett Foster's provocative collection is a member of a religious sect (some would say cult) in the Bay Area who lives an ascetic life eating scraps from dumpsters. Just as this simple way of life exists within the most technologically advanced region in the world, Foster's poems are likewise animated by the constant tension between material reality and an unabashed yearning for transcendence. The titles of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810127458
• ISBN13: 9780810127456
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Triquarterly Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.4"