The Nonnets

By Aaron Giovannone

Compulsively confessional and cracking-wise, The Nonnets is an utterly unique alchemy of poetry and comedy.

Aaron Giovanonne's latest collection is a book-length sequence of 'nonnets'--nine-line poems that Giovannone handles with ruthless dexterity. Capturing transformations from first dates to goodbye texts, from mama's boy to unrepentant shoplifter, from post-industrial downtown to eleventh-century Italian monastery, these poems present a kaleidoscopic world that careens wildly between despair and ecstasy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bookhug Press
• Release date: Apr 17, 2018
• ISBN: 9781771664073

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copyright © 2018 by Aaron Giovannone

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