the system--A. D. Winans ( Centennial Press PO BOX 170322 Milwaukee, WI 53217-8026) $8. www.centennialpress.com
This collection of poetry is dedicated to A.D. Winans' and the late Jack Micheline's stint at the Folsom Prison Poet's Workshop decades ago. The format of the book is interesting. The text goes right to the edge of the page, and then of course stops, as if it is, well...imprisoned. There is a stark sensibility to the poems and the look of the book. In UNTITLED Winans' asks the obvious question: " Why do they ask the condemned man/ If he has last words to say?/Like maybe FUCK YOU!" Winans unlocks the doors of the big house, and brings the reader to the maxium security tier.
