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Praise for Botched Heroics
“In Botched Heroics, Clisbee presses together the profane and the perfect. In the space of twenty pages he hits sexy and its direct opposite, desire for life and desire for absence. He moves from tiny neighborly transgression to the soulful kind that breaks you in your core. Can fifteen poems tell the whole story of a certain time in a certain life? Yes. That's what we've got here. It's a perfect little book.”
Geoff Herbach, author of Stupid Fast and The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg
“David Clisbee’s Botched Heroics comes from the depths of the American landscape. Its poems are smart, funny, and heartbreaking in the way that we all need to be broken: to see better and feel stronger. Even if you’re one of those sissies who says he doesn’t like poetry, you will love this book.”
Robert Wilder, author of Daddy Needs A Drink and Tales From The Teacher’s Lounge
“Clisbee's poetry is by turns tender, questioning, fierce, bitter and illuminating. There is recrimination and celebration, dance lessons, neighbors, nostalgia. Botched Heroics moves from everyday details to the deepest emotions seamlessly.”
Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of Best Sex Writing Series and Gotta Have It
“In Botched Heroics, Clisbee presses together the profane and the perfect. In the space of twenty pages he hits sexy and its direct opposite, desire for life and desire for absence. He moves from tiny neighborly transgression to the soulful kind that breaks you in your core. Can fifteen poems tell the whole story of a certain time in a certain life? Yes. That's what we've got here. It's a perfect little book.”
Geoff Herbach, author of Stupid Fast and The Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg
“David Clisbee’s Botched Heroics comes from the depths of the American landscape. Its poems are smart, funny, and heartbreaking in the way that we all need to be broken: to see better and feel stronger. Even if you’re one of those sissies who says he doesn’t like poetry, you will love this book.”
Robert Wilder, author of Daddy Needs A Drink and Tales From The Teacher’s Lounge
“Clisbee's poetry is by turns tender, questioning, fierce, bitter and illuminating. There is recrimination and celebration, dance lessons, neighbors, nostalgia. Botched Heroics moves from everyday details to the deepest emotions seamlessly.”
Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor of Best Sex Writing Series and Gotta Have It
BOTCHED HEROICS // DAVID CLISBEE
From the Forward:
“I firmly stand behind what the first edition of Botched Heroics meant to me as a poet when it debuted. It’s a perfect. I do not use the word perfect here to mean “excellent” or “without flaw.” I use this word’s Latin derivative—complete. Everything about the first edition is complete in relation to my then aesthetic and beliefs about organizing thematic development. The chapbook subtly and not so subtly details my pursuit to understand why we isolate, why we want to be in love, and why we self-medicate while walking around in funky bodies.”
About the Author
David Clisbee’s poems have appeared in Ninth Letter and International Poetry Magazine. His first chapbook Botched Heroics was released by RockSaw Press in 2009. He lives in Mankato, MN with his girlfriend, Diana, and their wiggly son, Teddy. His favorite color is red. His dogs are black.
From the Forward:
“I firmly stand behind what the first edition of Botched Heroics meant to me as a poet when it debuted. It’s a perfect. I do not use the word perfect here to mean “excellent” or “without flaw.” I use this word’s Latin derivative—complete. Everything about the first edition is complete in relation to my then aesthetic and beliefs about organizing thematic development. The chapbook subtly and not so subtly details my pursuit to understand why we isolate, why we want to be in love, and why we self-
About the Author
David Clisbee’s poems have appeared in Ninth Letter and International Poetry Magazine. His first chapbook Botched Heroics was released by RockSaw Press in 2009. He lives in Mankato, MN with his girlfriend, Diana, and their wiggly son, Teddy. His favorite color is red. His dogs are black.