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David Siller's debut collection ...& Other Improprieties delivers a model of worship that attends not to the skies above but every quotidian detail of our days. He has constructed an poetic Versailles, drawing richly on a beloved second language, French. These poems fly the reader on an itinerary of wonder and surprise.

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The first poem in David Siller's debut collection announces in no uncertain terms what the book will not be. The resulting poems ""sneak unseen into/the hearts and minds of those you seek to love or repair."" I can think of no better reason to read this book. -Richard Jeffrey Newman, author of T'shuvah In ...& Other Improprieties, David Siller delivers a model of worship that attends not to the skies above but every quotidian detail of our days. Fittingly, Siller argues that poetry itself is a prayer we would all do well to ""throw at the single eye of a malicious giant."" -Matt Pasca, author of Raven Wire and A Thousand Doors Those of us who love poetry, think poetry, live poetry, know poems have extraordinary abilities. In ...& Other Improprieties, David Siller directly asserts this in the appropriately titled This Poem has Superpowers. I encourage you to acquire your own copy of ...& Other Improprieties to experience its many superpowers. -Terry Jude Miller, author of What If I Find Only Moonlight? and The Drawn Cat's Dream, winner of the 2018 Catherine Case Lubbe Manuscript Prize From the purview of his adopted New York, David Siller, in his ...& Other Improprieties, has constructed an poetic Versailles, drawing richly on a beloved second language, French. These poems fly the reader on an itinerary of wonder and surprise. Their ""white caps swirl against the ragged coastline of questions."" -Henry Sussman, author of Screen Memories and Polaroids of Turbulence

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Poet, editor, translator, occasional actor, director & producer, David G. Siller studied Francophone African & Caribbean literature, focusing on poetry and theatre. He is a voracious reader; a film, tv, and comic book buff; and knows more about French hip hop than you could possibly imagine. His poems have appeared, among other places, in ""100 Poets Against The War,"" ""Newtown Literary,"" ""The Ekphrastic Review,"" and at the website waxyandpoetic.com. This is his first collection. He currently calls Queens, New York home, though his soul wanders the streets of Paris.

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