The Wolves of Staro SeloIn the deprived Bulgarian neighborhood of Staro Selo, crime rules peoples lives. Unemployment, violence, and corruption are common concerns. Dimitar becomes wealthy by running Staro Selo in terror. But old Elena, a witch like character with a gift for healing will not shy away from the injustices her neighbors are forced to endure. A decision that will have consequences for her family.

"—Robert

both blissful and broken by the sheer

a keen diarist and confidence

he was there as the careers of George Lamming

a horrible truth finally emerges

The poems in Downstate recount journeys from David Gardiner's native Chicago and Polish neighborhoods of his childhood

teasing the reader with faux folk-wisdom and unexpected endings

” ‘After the Summer of Love’ is a snapshot of Californian childhood in the late 1960s and 1970s

An army of relatives

“His poems possess

gestalt consists of visual poetry

and these photographs portray a snapshot of their way of life during this upheaval