An Experimental Memoir
Poetry / Memoir
Date Published: September 13, 2023
Publisher: Unscripted Press
“What you are holding in your hands is a curious thing. This book is a
memoir, although certainly not a traditional one. Call it an ‘experimental,
intellectual memoir.'”
So begins this startling and compelling collection of 40 pieces that
reflect the passion, fears, and confusion of a young man trying to make
sense of, find meaning in, and discover his place in the world between the
ages of 17 and 25. Full of rhythmic, vivid language, Growing Up the
Antichrist uses poetry as a starting point to express profound, maddening,
and sometimes hilarious emotional truths about the process of growing up in
the early 21st century, grappling with nostalgia, and struggling as an
outsider (even among the outsiders). Driven by a complex, but enduring, hope
and balancing a respect for and distaste of the past, this
“intellectual memoir” goes beyond the author’s own backstory to
speak to universal experiences that unite us across the generations.
EXCERPT
Wail wop beat and bop jazzmatazz grove blues
Awopbopaloobop when slam bam
But I am so alone,
Peering through dim-lit cigarette light,
Eyes on alto saxaphone
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