Place Comfortable with Fire by John Milkereit

Place Comfortable with Fire

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Place Comfortable with Fire by John Milkereit

Lamar University Literary Press

Place Comfortable with Fire

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Milkereit explores the powerful tensions between the cynic and the romantic, revealing how these two must learn to co-exist. The cynical voice, insisting that an "orange soda contains formaldehyde," lives together with the man in love who marvels that his lover's shoulders are "two hushed magnolia petals." Of note in this collection is the sheer brilliance of Milkereit's titles. Often alluding to other famous works, his titles are so exquisitely wrought that reading the table of contents becomes a poem in and of itself. Not to be missed, A Place Comfortable with Fire is Milkereit's strongest work to date. His poems take flight like "pale green moths" escaping "a bank vault." His newest collection is "a message sent to the galaxy."

Gabrielle Langley

Author of Fairy Tale and Azaleas on Fire

Book Details
Publisher:
Lamar University Literary Press
ISBN:
9781942956570
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
100
Authors:
John Milkereit
Published Date:
2022-12-15
Language:
English
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About John Milkereit

A mechanical engineer in Houston, Texas, John Milkereit is originally from Chicago and completed an MFA in creative writing at the Rainier Writing Workshop. Pudding House Press published his chapbooks Home & Away and Paying Admissions in 2010. His full-length collections are A Rotating Equipment Is Never Finished (Ink Brush Press, 2015), Drive the World in a Taxicab (Lamar University Literary Press, 2018), A Place Comfortable with Fire (Lamar University Literary Press, 2022), and Lost Sonnets for My Unvaccinated Lover (Kelsay Books, 2023). His poems have appeared in The Comstock Review, Naugatuck River Review, and The Ekphrastic Review.

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