Don't Try
Brown, Nathan / Graham, Jon Dee
In this collection of co-written poems, former Oklahoma Poet Laureate Nathan Brown and three-time Austin Music Hall-of-Famer Jon Dee Graham call on the grumpy specter of Charles Bukowski to tell their world slant. Every poem's title is a line or phrase from Bukowski's work. Even the title of the book, "Don't Try, " is the inscription on the old man's tombstone. Like a collection of profane Psalms, this book brings the concept of "duet" to poet...