Inside A Red Corvette

by Becca Klaver

An honest and at times quite intimate look upon the simple peculiarities of being an adult slightly offset by the peculiar simplicities of their youth. Imagine finding that tape you made after school that one hellish tuesday - the same that got stuck in your car's deck until you yanked it out with a screwdriver after you sold it to a junkyard for parts. Becca Klaver's inviting wit makes you long for the book equivalent to auto-reverse.

Genres: Poetry

Chapbook

First published February 1, 2009

About the author

Becca Klaver is the author of the full-length poetry collections LA Liminal (Kore Press, 2010), Empire Wasted (Bloof Books, 2016), and Ready for the World (Black Lawrence Press, 2020) as well as the chapbooks Inside a Red Corvette: A 90s Mix Tape (greying ghost press, 2009), Nonstop Pop (Bloof, 2013), and Merrily, Merrily (Lame House Press, 2013). She holds degrees from the University of Southern California (BA), Columbia College Chicago (MFA), and Rutgers University (PhD). A founding editor of the feminist poetry press Switchback Books, she is also the co-editor of the digital poetry anthology Electric Gurlesque.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Becca gave me this chapbook when I was in Chicago earlier this week. It's a deliberately light and playful chapbook, nicely framed (each poem is a "track" and it's length in seconds is given. The poems are smart and witty. The design holds the work nicely. It's delightful.

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned a lot about music, friends, and springtime from this book.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

from Inside a Red Corvette by Becca Klaver

Track 19 (0:08)

Pink carpet = sexy
Lie down
Play sweet symphonic songs
Let yourself go
All rubbery