Blind Date with Cavafy
2007
First Published
4.24
Average Rating
71
Number of Pages
Poetry. Gay & Lesbian Studies. "Steve Fellner's poetry is spunky, raw, immediate, and utterly compelling. BLIND DATE WITH CAVAFY serves up hilarious pathos and devastating humor. Bleak, deadpan, enthusiastic, earnest: Steve Fellner's book is all of these things, sometimes all of these things in one poem, sometimes all of these things in one line. His 'Self-Portrait' at the center of the book pushes the conventions of the post-confessional, transgressive impulse. The poems in BLIND DATE WITH CAVAFY shimmer with vulnerability, leaps, and dizzying riffs"—Denise Duhamel. "Steve Fellner's poems have a wonderful innocence and playfulness that so many of us lose, or forget that we have. They sneak up on you—while you're laughing and admiring their wit and sparkle, they'll swoop down and kick your ass"—Jim Daniels.
Avg Rating
4.24
Number of Ratings
33
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author
Steve Fellner
Author · 4 books
Steve Fellner's first book of poems Blind Date with Cavafy won the Thom Gunn Gay Male Poetry Award. His memoir, All Screwed Up, focuses on his relationship with his ex-trampoline champion mother. He teaches at SUNY-Brockport. Read his blog at http://pansypoetics.blogspot.com/ "
