The Hunchback

by Sandy Diamond

Poetry. Sandy Diamond rants, whispers and tricks us into her scary, hilarious life as THE HUNCHBACK. Kerouac lifts her braid in an asylum; the highway patrol is always in her rear view mirror, on the tail of her fraudulent body. A man talking to his dog about death, a press conference for the Small People of America, a deli full of refugees criticizing the thickness of a blintz, the poet -- fractured -- lurches on her crooked path, cracking jokes, scrambling for wholeness in her Minnie Mouse slippers. Read these poems and you'll never feel the same about pain pills, postage stamps, revolving doors, truck logos, graphology, chopped liver, wooden eyes, and of course hunchbacks, again.

72 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

About the author

"Born in 1936 in Gates Mills, OH, Sandy Diamond was a painter, calligrapher, poet, and playwright. She attended Brandeis University, where she studied literature, and earned her BFA from Columbia University's College of Painting and Sculpture. Her previous books include Miss Coffin and Mrs. Blood: Poems of Art & Madness, The Hunchback, and Bliss, Danger, & Gods. She wrote numerous plays which were performed throughout the Pacific Northwest. She was the frontwoman of the poetry and music group, Quasimodo and the Bellringers. She died in 2016 in Port Townsend, WA."

Reviews

[Trux · Rating 4 out of 5]

I must admit that the beautiful cover art & calligraphy are part of what bumped this up from three to four stars for me.