Ornaments

by David Daniel

A reverent jag of irreverence, tilting forward to arresting moments of beauty, astonishment, confusion, and grief, the poems in David Daniel’s Ornaments find their myths in history and pop culture; they take their truths, but just as much their doubts, from the fallibility of what we remember and the desperation with which we struggle to reassemble it.  Surreal, lyrical, madcap, they bring a faith, above all, in poetry. Which means in people and their bewildered hearts.

Genres: Poetry

64 pages, Paperback

First published November 15, 2017

About the author

David Daniel was born in Boston and grew up in Weymouth, MA.

In addition to novels, Daniel has published nearly 100 short stories and 300 articles, book and music reviews. He has worked as a fast food chef, a janitor, a carpenter, a tennis pro, a truck driver, and a "brain slicer" at Harvard Medical School. Currently he teaches at Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School and is an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, where he has served as the Jack Kerouac Visiting Writer in Residence. Daniel lives in Westford, MA with his family. He served as a consultant to a forthcoming documentary on Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Dennis McNally, official historian of the Grateful Dead, declared Daniel's suspense novel White Rabbit one of the best "Sixties' trips" he's taken. Reunion is his most recent novel.

Reviews

[Francescajemm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth reading for the exploration of pain caused by whiteness in the south (and everywhere).