Friday, April 22, 2011

Jeff Kass

From Dzanc Books comes the debut collection from Jeff Kass, Knuckleheads.
The book is on its way to stores now, but is available immediately as an eBook from Dzanc's website and other normal retailers.
kass cover

"With the vivid, lyrical qualities of Colson Whitehead's Sag Harbor, Knuckleheads is a high-octane protein shake, equal part heartbreak and hilarity, a thing of both sweat-reeking adrenalin and nostalgic, time-stopping beauty. For those who know Jeff Kass' gorilla-hearted poetry, this story collection is both a surprise and no surprise at all. Here we see his swing-for-the-fences skill with the line, but now it's prose and jeez, what can't this man do? Kass achieves what all fiction writers want--he makes us believe and makes us care. Even those of us who stayed as far away from the jocks as possible will want to cheer."--Steve Amick, The Lake, the River & the Other Lake, Nothing But a Smile
- Taken from Dzanc Books and EWN Newsletter