The Man Grave: Poems

By Christopher Salerno

The Man Grave portrays the corrosiveness, violence, and loneliness of all-too-familiar strains of American masculinity. In perceptive and moving poems, Christopher Salerno explores patriarchy, boyhood, lust, misogyny and homophobia, infertility, and family in an effort to diagnose--and remedy--inherited patterns of manliness. "Have I / made it any further than my father / in his laughter, before his slaughter?" Salerno writes. His new collection is a moving and generous answer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892555378
• ISBN13: 9780892555376
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Persea Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.0"