The Dishonesty of Dreams
By A. J. Odasso
2014
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Snorkeling beneath dust and deep, the poems in The Dishonesty of Dreams shapeshift from tender to tough at line-break speed in an ethereal dreamspace. Where AJ Odasso explored consequences in their first collection, Lost Books (2010), here Odasso engages the liminal, the reality that exists at the borders of a lived life; the fables we choose to build upon, the lies we tell ourselves to make our dreams true. In this liquid space emerges poetry of real power, beautifully crafted conjecture that illuminates the architecture of the human heart.
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A. J. Odasso
Author · 6 books
AJ Odasso’s poetry, essays, and short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies since 2005. Their first full poetry collection, Things Being What They Are, an earlier version of The Sting of It, was shortlisted for the 2017 Sexton Prize. The Sting of It was published by Tolsun Books and won Best LGBT in the 2019 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. Their first novel, The Pursued and the Pursuing, will be published in September 2021 by DartFrog Blue, the traditional publishing imprint of DartFrog Books. AJ holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Boston University. They teach at University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College, and they have enjoyed participating in ABQ-local literary events at their synagogue and beyond. They have served as Senior Poetry Editor at Strange Horizons magazine since 2012.
