Neon

Poetry. Prose. "What happens when a punk grows up? Because that's what happens to Michael Salinger in NEON. What once was welder's glare efficiently tucked into a Toolbelt of Cynicism has become NEON, has become Art, has become the Thing Illuminated. Of course, Salinger is still a punk, too . . . Only now, the work sets out a philosophy, not a sequence of inevitabilities leading to a crazed windshield and a toothy sunset. Now he's giving you something to hold, to relish, not fear. There's even prose here, and it tells a fine story, sweet and sudden and folksy and smart and full of feeling . . ."-Bob Hohlman. Active in the National Poetry Slam, Michael Salinger is also the author of Sunday Morning.