Matt Gano

Suits for the Swarm Matt Gano

?Matt Gano, whose swagger and soul and verbal dexterity have knocked out spoken-word audiences for years, brings his staggering inventiveness to the page?where he also, and absolutely, belongs. Here are irresistible scenes out of the sagebrush and empty lots of a charmed and timeless boyhood; love from all sides?wild-horse young, and 94 years old; and the moon: brilliant, unexpected, new, ?with ? lemon-meringue peaks/ and eating-contest complexion.? These are beautifully-crafted poems, alive with startling transitions, humor, and the wisdom that lets ?the rhythm in the ride be what I write.? And they?re pure pleasure.? ~ Kathleen Flenniken, Washington State Poet Laureate, author of Plume and Famous