Canoodlers Product Form:Paperback / softback The considerable challenge Wilson undertakes

The considerable challenge Wilson undertakes in this collection is perfectly suited to his poetic abilities—to articulate the nearly inexpressible meanings imbued in the most subtle

A brilliant novel

It is a home lighted by the sharp-edged human truths that soar through and plunder us—in their articulation

because of their frank and vivid portrayal of parental figures and childhood/teenage moments

let's pretend we're wild together

Canoodlers Product Form:Paperback / softback The considerable challenge Wilson undertakesDescription The candid, direct poems of Canoodlers interrogate sexuality, friendship, family, language, and social, cultural and political phenomena. Straddling genders, sexualities and social positions, the collection hilariously but harrowingly follows the growth and class leaps of a "townie tomboy." From family relations ("Dearly beloved, Don Cherry has better conversation skills than my stepfather, and my mother doesn't love me anymore") to