Two Novels: Howl Revisited and Green Detectives

by Mike Corrao

Two Novels is a manifestation of loss and confusion, constructed in its own textual landscape. Within these new works by visionary author Mike Corrao, readers will interact with something complex and ever-changing.

HOWL REVISITED
After a failed relationship with Allen Ginsberg, the poet begins to drift away from reality. He suffers from strange mutations and various stigmata. Soon, it becomes near impossible to distinguish between what is real and what is fabricated.

GREEN DETECTIVES
Within Green Detectives, the reader will experience: Greek Titans coming back to life; fake poets hoping to disappear; private investigators analyzing the unconscious; nervous dinner speeches being made; summonings of Goya’s black paintings; and, a series of other mysteries that surface after the arrival of two xenobiologists in Minneapolis.

Genres: Literature

182 pages, Paperback

First published November 3, 2019

About the author

Mike Corrao is the author of numerous works including Gut Text (11:11 Press), Rituals Performed in the Absence of Ganymede (11:11 Press), Desert Tiles (Equus Press), and Smut-Maker (Inside the Castle). His work often explores the haptic, architectural, and organismal qualities of the text-object.

Reviews

[Josiah Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A text of great imagination and deep textual pain, in which the guts of the text become an exoskeleton, transformed and metamorphosed through traditional forms into less traditional ones. "Howl Revisited" is linked with Ginsberg on both a titular superficial level and a deep textual one, the text mimicking the fact that the title is derivative of other text: "i'm tired of everything i've done before. on the cusp of some alteration."

Dissolution into lists.

The Green Detectives transforms into something that at first appears to reject the form of a second novel, against its title, but quickly becomes a text of semiotic brilliance. Buy it.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

‪I bought it. I read it. I liked it (a lot). Mike Corrao doesn’t break down walls or pave new paths, he’s millions of miles away exploring new worlds and dimensions. In Two Novels, Mike invites the reader to challenge their understanding of text, verse, and space. ‬

[Mike Corrao · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hell yea