In The News as Usual, Kelly Yenser has achieved a De Rerum Natura of the Great Plains through his attention to the unexpected beauty of small things and the heartbreak of loss and love.--Mary Clearman Blew, author of Ruby Dreams of Janis Joplin: A Novel
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The News as Usual showcases the work of a gifted poet who employs language at its richest. Yenser captures lyrics and blues, ballads and villanelles, and even a crown of sonnets. Sonically rich and filled with detail, these poems link mortality with fishing, nature with protoplasm—constantly finding ways to explore the inner and outer worlds in ways at once understated and wise.
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Reviews
With grace, precision, and humor, Kelly Yenser captures the seasons of Kansas in a small town. Summer twilight, baseball, the beloved dogs--glimpses of the news as usual that gather into the seasons of a lifetime. Spoon River Anthology, Winesburg, Ohio--Yenser leaves them in the dust.--Murray Moulding, author of Moon Over Easy
With grace, precision, and humor, Kelly Yenser captures the seasons of Kansas in a small town. Summer twilight, baseball, the beloved dogs--glimpses of the news as usual that gather into the seasons of a lifetime. Spoon River Anthology, Winesburg, Ohio--Yenser leaves them in the dust.--Murray Moulding, author of Moon Over Easy
