In his latest collection, Random Exorcisms, Adrian C.
Author of ten books of poems, including Logorrhea, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Louis also wrote two works of fiction: Wild Indians & Other Creatures and Skins..
A graduate of Brown University where he also earned a Master\'s Degree in Creative Writing, Louis was professor of English at Minnesota State University in Marshall until his retirement in 2014.
Louis is an enrolled member of the Lovelock Paiute Tribe.
About author(s): Born and raised in Nevada, Adrian C.
These are Poems that make you laugh and cry, nod appreciatively, and then laugh just a little more.
Dog the Bounty Hunter Blogs confronts some of the cruel absurdities of reality TV, while Naked, Midnight, Sober, Facebooking expels a great many fearful things, including the fear of growing older.
Minor Exorcism: 1984 is one of a series of Poems that contemplates the memories of small, simple mundanes, like catching a fish, until, My old heart is thrashing with / long-forgotten boyhood joy.
I made my choice so easily & picked red drama, the joyous pain of it all, he writes.
In the poem Necessary Exorcism, the speaker exorcises himself, more or less, of his grief for his deceased wife.
In a style entirely his own, Louis writes hilarious, genuine, self-deprecating Poems that expel a great many demons, including any sense of isolation a reader might feel facing a harsh and lonely world.
Deeply rooted in Native American traditions and folklore, these Poems tackle a broad range of subjects, including Facebook, zombies, horror movies, petty grievances, real grief, and pure political outrage.
Louis writes Poems with the rough-edged wit and heart-wrenching sincerity that make him one of the seminal voices in contemporary American poetry.
In his latest collection, Random Exorcisms, Adrian C
