Riot in the Charm Factory: New and Selected Work

by Todd Colby

The best of Todd Colby's Soft Skull poetry collections Ripsnort and Cush are here with new poetry and prose.

This is simultaneously a Best Of and a launching into new directions for this intensely high-energy poet. He is a spontaneous, lively performer, and a sharp, funny poetic voice. Colby makes serious sport of language, showing its basis in the body's impulses and its mutable meanings, explained Ann Powers in The New York Times .

Genres: Poetry

186 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 1999

About the author

Todd Colby has published five books of poetry: Ripsnort, Cush, Riot in the Charm Factory: New and Selected Writings, and Tremble & Shine, all published by Soft Skull Press. Flushing Meadows was published by Scary Topiary Press in 2013. Colby’s most recent book, Splash State, was published by The Song Cave in 2014. He posts new work on gleefarm.blogspot.com.

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone should read Todd Colby. He is a great poet.