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    The Grand McLuckless Road Atlas
    The Grand McLuckless Road Atlas
    The Grand McLuckless Road Atlas
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    The Grand McLuckless Road Atlas

    By John Domini

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    John Domini is best known for his novels Talking Heads:77, Earthquake I.D., and A Tomb on the Periphery, but it is a little known secret that he is one of the most original and engaging poetic voices of our time. The Grand McLuckless Road Atlas is an eloquent examination of American (and European) life and mortality in the millennial era. This road, this hotel, this airport: you are there with him. "The compressed and fast-paced poems in "The Grand McLuckless Road Atlas" are full of wit and music. The book does not let up, but in each poem, the reader is grounded with a welcome and familiar tone, both dark and humorous." -- Blas Falconer, author of "The Foundling Wheel", "A Question of Gravity & Light", and other books.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisherthe Pedestrian Press
    Release dateOct 2, 2013
    ISBN9781301990832
    The Grand McLuckless Road Atlas
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    John Domini

    The Millions hailed Domini’s latest book as “a new shriek for the new century.” This was MOVIEOLA!, his third collection of stories, and he also has three novels. Awards include an NEA Fellowship. His work has appeared in The New York Times and elsewhere, as well as in Italy. He’s a widely read critic and has taught at Harvard and Northwestern. He has family in on the East Coast and West, as well as Naples, and lives in Iowa with his wife, the science fiction writer Lettie Prell.

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      The Grand McLuckless Road Atlas - John Domini

      The Grand McLuckless Road Atlas

      By John Domini

      Copyright 2013, by John Domini, all rights reserved.

      Smashwords Edition

      Cover Art by Rhea Adri.

      Published by the Pedestrian Press

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      Meridian (Editors Prize, 2006), Zone 3, Artful Dodge, Bicycle Review, Eclipse, Mary, elsewhere. Many thanks to everyone who helped, in particular Jay de Salvo.

      For Lettie, no question

      THE GRAND McLUCKLESS ROAD ATLAS

      Gate Change

      Okie Monarchs

      Beach Motel, Oregon

      Detroit Scenery

      CNN: O’Hare Concourse, Marriott Lobby

      Trying to Sleep, Chicago-Paris, Economy

      A Museum, A Thought, And Priam's Luck

      Pane Di San Francesco

      Circumvesuviana

      Old Town St. Augustine, Millennial New Year

      Gallery Website: Girl with Devil

      Lakeshore, L.A., Long Island, Ex-o-Skel

      Memorial Weekend Conference

      Free Wireless, Near the Iowa Correctional Facility for Women

      Show me a man who has not been married a hundred times and I’ll

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