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VERBAL ABUSE
#1, Summer 1993


315 Park Ave. South Rm. 1611
New York NY, 10010


80 pp., $6.00

A collection of writing spawned at a NYC nightclub reading series. Tough words, with lots of NYC nightclub ambiance--Ecstasy, attitude, drag-queens and living-on-the-edge. As would be expected from the origins, many of these pieces would work well on stage, at high volume. Dramatic black&white layout; no room for gray. Plenty of AIDS references, but (except for some masturbation) not much explicitly safe sex. Self-confidence/promotion, just a bit of that NYC drive to make this (poetry) the Next Big Thing.--luigi


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This review originally appeared in TapRoot Reviews #4,
Copyright Burning Press 1994, 1995.

Contact the editor, luigi-bob drake, at Burning Press