SHORT 'N SWEET: THE BOOK SPEAKS: in other words you/
Kevin McLellan's in other words you/ (The Word Works, 2023)
How would you, in other words you/, describe yourself in two sentences or less?
I think a lot about thinking / And what I think about / Myself in relation to men / Music / Travel / Form / Punctuation
Where would you go on your dream vacation?
Where I came out / Arundel / West Sussex / With my new lover
What is your favorite color?
Pink / I am queer / & consequently political
What is your favorite movie?
I can’t name just one / The Broken Tower / Mala Noche / & anything by Derek Jarman & / Pedro Almodóvar
What advice would a therapist give you?
This may take your whole life / & maybe not even then / Forgive your father / Forgive yourself
What is your favorite smell?
Pinyon / But that is another book
Do you collect anything?
CDs/DVDs / possible lovers
What is your favorite snack?
Gummies!
If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be and why?
James Schuyler / Because of his poetry / Because of their mechanics / Punctuation / Enjambment / Line breaks / & the sentence // & the conventions / Repetition / Dialogue / Polarities / & how these mechanics / & conventions propel language / & consequently the reader / Through each line of his poems