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I completely forgot that I had gotten this signed at AWP in Chicago. That's how long I've been carrying this book around without reading it (over three years). Well, it's not the only book like that, but hopefully I'll keep making progress on more of those soon.
Anyway, good book. There was a lot I liked in it. Title poem was probably my favorite. It ended in a rather odd place, though, and there was a self-consciousness about the storytelling that felt strange to me. I mean, it's a book of poems written in the voice of the Filipino version of the Marlboro Man--a fictional and near mythical figure--who interacts with characters from Barbie to Orpheus over the course of the book, so yeah, it's going to have a self-consciousness about that, but Carbo wrote himself into several poems as a character as well, as perceived by the hero. Which was an interesting choice, but added another dimension to the poems. That aspect of the book wasn't my thing, but there was still a lot to like in there nonetheless. Overall, glad I own it, and glad it's signed.
Anyway, good book. There was a lot I liked in it. Title poem was probably my favorite. It ended in a rather odd place, though, and there was a self-consciousness about the storytelling that felt strange to me. I mean, it's a book of poems written in the voice of the Filipino version of the Marlboro Man--a fictional and near mythical figure--who interacts with characters from Barbie to Orpheus over the course of the book, so yeah, it's going to have a self-consciousness about that, but Carbo wrote himself into several poems as a character as well, as perceived by the hero. Which was an interesting choice, but added another dimension to the poems. That aspect of the book wasn't my thing, but there was still a lot to like in there nonetheless. Overall, glad I own it, and glad it's signed.
