The Smiles Still Echo
Bethesda, MD: Bethesda Books, 1995. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Wraps. 88 pages. Wraps, illus. (some in color). Signed by the author. In I CAN SMILE LIKE ERROL FLYNN Tito Titus interrogates life, aging, and death with a delicate blow torch. These poems adore the beauty of youth and memory; fluently articulate the melancholy and nostalgia delivered by loss; and, with irreverence and awe, dicker with Death. Words used by reviewers include wry, wistful, fierce, searing, erotic, humor, regret, bravado, and longing. The book contains three sections: the diceyness of life without do-overs ("Can you hear me now?"); Titus's chaos-fueled youth ("The beasts within"); and, Death and mortality ("Swish of a horse's tail"). Lovely women, dead men, bastards, saints, victims, flies, Richard Brautigan, Anne Carson, and wide pants—all that and more, idolized or cauterized by a poet's pen. Condition: very good.
Keywords: Childhood, Army, Bachelor, New York, Parenting, Solid Waste, Snowman, Lard, Signed
ISBN: 0964655101
[Book #45789]
Price: $45.00