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Book details
  • Genre:POETRY
  • SubGenre:American / General
  • Language:English
  • Pages:108
  • Paperback ISBN:9781098344610

Encouragement Can Be Fatal

Prose Poems

by Mike DiCenzo

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Overview
"Mike DiCenzo's prose poems whisk us into a surreal world where silliness and tragedy spoon together on the futon, sharing a Hostess cupcake. These playful adventures are filled with wild plot twists and tiny gems of specificity that keep the reader laughing, guessing, and marveling at the bizarre comedy that is life." — Sarah Hepola, bestselling author of Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
Description
"Mike DiCenzo's prose poems whisk us into a surreal world where silliness and tragedy spoon together on the futon, sharing a Hostess cupcake. These playful adventures are filled with wild plot twists and tiny gems of specificity that keep the reader laughing, guessing, and marveling at the bizarre comedy that is life." — Sarah Hepola, bestselling author of Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
About the author
Mike DiCenzo is an Emmy nominated and Grammy Award-winning writer in New York City. He has written for The Tonight Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and the Onion. His prose poems have appeared in the Hopkins Review literary journal.