Under What Stars

Poetry. Ryan Davidson's male protagonists are affable and messy as Charles Bukowski's, if only Bukowski left Los Angeles more often. From Hong Kong to Venice, Harlem to Belgrade, readers will be introduced to a string of love affairs: the Sarahs of many continents. In the vein of Tony Hoagland, Davidson's poems are tangential gestures that both tell a story and transcend the subject. The poems aren't just about the girls themselves, but where they fall in and out of place and time.