Catfish McDaris' engaging assemblage of gritty, sensual, working class characters thrive, or barely get by, in second-hand stores, down on the Bowery, and low rent establishment. They bring home whiskey, malt liquor and sausages in ancient autos that barely run. They often set their hopes on Lotto Games with the smoke and mirrors of life where luck is a "fickle bitch" at best. The prose is at once incisive, humorous and intimate. But it isalways serious -- always life at the ragged edges. Though various lusts run throughout the collection, what McDaris writes of human nature is funny and often sadly true at the deepest levels of ourselves. Blue Throat of Day is a generous offering, an expansive, engaging collection, written in McDaris' distinctive style, essential reading for those who love poetry and prose written eloquently from the gut."
-- Jeffrey Alfier, Founder and Co-editor, Blue Horse Press and San Pedro River Review
Catfish McDaris' engaging assemblage of gritty, sensual, working class characters thrive, or barely get by, in second-hand stores, down on the Bowery, and low rent establishment. They bring home whiskey, malt liquor and sausages in ancient autos that barely run. They often set their hopes on Lotto Games with the smoke and mirrors of life where luck is a "fickle bitch" at best. The prose is at once incisive, humorous and intimate. But it isalways serious -- always life at the ragged edges. Though various lusts run throughout the collection, what McDaris writes of human nature is funny and often sadly true at the deepest levels of ourselves. Blue Throat of Day is a generous offering, an expansive, engaging collection, written in McDaris' distinctive style, essential reading for those who love poetry and prose written eloquently from the gut."
-- Jeffrey Alfier, Founder and Co-editor, Blue Horse Press and San Pedro River Review
"Blue Throat Of Day by Catfish McDaris is a treasure to behold: If
you are familiar with McDaris' work I can tell you that you will be
far from disappointed and if this is your first look at McDaris,
you will want to go on and read his other publications: The poems
and short fiction pieces in this book take you on a varied and
colourful journey: the style and rhythm and subject matter move
effortlessly as McDaris is a weaver of words whose imagery and
music is in a place of its own and this makes McDaris a unique
poet, a finely tuned craftsman of his art: from the opening piece:
'Burn it the Fuck Down' through to the final poem 'Eight Rules For
Defecating In Nature' there is a flow that keeps moving, elegantly
and easily and it drives you forward wanting to read the next poem
or story: McDaris' sense of humour wanders through this book and it
can be barbed, gentle and explosive but always real and truthful:
Blue Throat Of Day is a book that you'll keep returning to again
and again, buy it and find out."
-- John D Robinson, Holy&intoxicated Publications
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