One
part obsession, one part surreal, one part experimental, Rob Cook’s new
collection of poems, Asking My Liver For Forgiveness, delivers a consummate
parable of medical terror. According to the book’s Afterword Cook contracted an
obscure liver disease back in 2010 which in turn triggered the ravages of
cirrhosis. Until an official diagnosis surfaced in early 2014 the poet and his
world spiraled into a maelstrom of unpredictable physical pain, emotional
ennui, and psychological denial. Through it all he kept writing. For more of my review go here: https://foxchasereview.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/asking-my-liver-for-forgiveness-by-rob-cook/
and here: http://dougholder.blogspot.com/2015/03/asking-my-liver-for-forgiveness-by-rob.html
and here: http://dougholder.blogspot.com/2015/03/asking-my-liver-for-forgiveness-by-rob.html
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