From our largely urban and suburban reality, it is easy to laugh at the backwardness of those who do not ride a train to work clutching a laptop and latte: Every "us" needs a "them." In the poems of Tim Hunt's THE TAO OF TWANG, "them" talks back, both to return the laughter and to search for things we might need and even want, whether we imagine ourselves either "us" or "them." Keith Abbott says: "With care and honesty Tim Hunt's THE TAO OF TWANG covers a lot of territory, from raw youth to rolling total old. Bakersfield to ...
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From our largely urban and suburban reality, it is easy to laugh at the backwardness of those who do not ride a train to work clutching a laptop and latte: Every "us" needs a "them." In the poems of Tim Hunt's THE TAO OF TWANG, "them" talks back, both to return the laughter and to search for things we might need and even want, whether we imagine ourselves either "us" or "them." Keith Abbott says: "With care and honesty Tim Hunt's THE TAO OF TWANG covers a lot of territory, from raw youth to rolling total old. Bakersfield to Nashville; all the E string pit stops in between and Hunt even supplies some imaginary heavens of those perfect gigs." And Sharon Doubiago adds: "Indirectly, delightfully, Tim Hunt's poems put the Holy Writ of academia's canon under the same lens as it puts the culture of his roots.... Hilarious, thought-provoking, deeply philosophical, sometimes almost transhuman, to use Jeffers word, in the mix of subject and form from two different/almost at-war cultures, and with the help of his fantastic ear, you will know THE TAO OF TWANG. You will know why redneck Western poets write the way we do. And you will newly ponder, again, our aesthetic assumptions."
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As New. (**autographed**) Down-home country poems, like: If ya hafta think twice, Shouldnt a thunk once. Bright tight as-new collectible PB copy. Scarce. Author inscription on title page: For Dale-Because he knows music aint the notes but how the heart listens. The deeper the heart, the deeper the music. Yer buddy in Twang, Tim. 6 x 9, 107 pp. Laid-in is Twang bookmark & Twang quote slip.
