Murder Stay Murder

Poetry. Geoff Kagan Trenchard is a fascinating storyteller who uses his gifts to compose a literature not just of violence and survival, but also of tenderness and intimacy. MURDER STAY MURDER is both shockingly honest and unnervingly clandestine, the kind of deeply personal document that will counter the official record. Moreover, the author has generated writing prompts for each poem in this collection, making MURDER STAY MURDER an essential companion for any creative writing teacher or poet looking for fresh inspiration.

"Unflinchingly cool as a hollow body and hot as a fresh powder burn, Trenchard knows the hellion, the hero, the underdog and the undertaker, and comes at them with a witness's need to tell all and the vigilante's need for justice."—Daphne Gottlieb

"Effortlessly referencing MF DOOM and Freud in a single bound, MURDER STAY MURDER is watercolor bloody prose stuffed into elegant post-hip hop poetic form."—Marc Bamuthi Joseph