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Good Gameby Andrew K. Peterson (Spuyten Duyvil, paperback)

Publication Date: March 4, 2020

Publisher Marketing: “Andrew K. Peterson delightswith his hyper-kinetic squall and offbeat feed of guerrilla poetics in his new collection, Good Game. im-ing the dead, he walks among ghosts in his present urban world where he inserts himself as bard and actor into the fabric of the life he occupies as poetic invention/intervention spins out new poetic intention as social practice and justice. How else but through small spats of langue and experimental poetic interruptions might one administer a daily dose or literary recompense to their community hoisting up the poor and downtrodden and unheard? Among faces hungry without recourse. ‘The heart-as-usual grid and groove was on the up, but the feel was off. Thus we turn to the streets in these times of treble.’ And these times of treble, we witness the deep-seeded underworld streaming as social commentary in a ‘pink pink punk swoon’under the cover of the moons hood in the ultimate Good Game.”Susana Gardner

“‘A muzzle of light/ liftsoff a tired old /riff, blinks green’ In the poems of Good Game, words and phrases ignite glints that catch and draw the attention of others in currents of about-to-be form. Playful runs, breakups, and re-constitutions of grammar, phrasing, and tone move the floor as well as the furniture your mind is sitting on. Enjoy a multi-level, intersectional ride in the light of Andy Petersons words.”Reed Bye