In The Small Of My Backyard

In his outrageous debut volume, poetry slam champ Matt Cook tackles American history (“President Garfield”), personal history (“The Way I Tie My Shoes”), literary history (“James Joyce”), and other topics. Quirky and humorous, with a subtext of social commentary, Cook’s writing is for people who think they hate poetry — and for those who love it. Matt Cook’s poetry has been featured in the PBS documentary The United States of Poetry, and on NPR’s Fresh Air. “A shrewd blend of the cracker-barrel philosopher and an over-caffeinated Groucho Marx.” — Milwaukee magazine