Neon

by Michael Salinger

Poetry. Prose. "What happens when a punk grows up? Because that's what happens to Michael Salinger in NEON. What once was welder's glare efficiently tucked into a Toolbelt of Cynicism has become NEON, has become Art, has become the Thing Illuminated. Of course, Salinger is still a punk, too . . . Only now, the work sets out a philosophy, not a sequence of inevitabilities leading to a crazed windshield and a toothy sunset. Now he's giving you something to hold, to relish, not fear. There's even prose here, and it tells a fine story, sweet and sudden and folksy and smart and full of feeling . . ."-Bob Hohlman. Active in the National Poetry Slam, Michael Salinger is also the author of Sunday Morning.

78 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2002

About the author

Poet and teaching artist living in northeast Ohio