In the footsteps of Charles Bukowski comes Hosho McCreesh's magnum opus of drunk poetry. Mammoth in size and scope, DrunkSkull books is pleased to release the audiobook version of A Deep & Gorgeous Thirst, a drunken, epic collection about death and love that is unlike any of McCreesh's previous work. "Because writing and drinking go hand in hand, it may seem an impossible challenge for a poet to offer new perspective of this well-worn, symbiotic relationship. But Hosho McCreesh does, and in his brilliant collection âA Deep and Gorgeous Thirstâ he uses subject matter that might feel old and tired in the hands of a less capable poet and turns out poem after poem as exciting and irresistible as the first flush of new desire." â Tony OâNeill, author of Black Neon and Sick City
âA Deep & Gorgeous Thirstâ is a sweeping collection that is, on the surface, about booze and bars and drinking a lot, something the speakers in Hoshoâs poems know something about. But whatâs beneath the surface is what counts. The people in these sly, funny, often heartbreaking poems know that a bar is never just a bar, a drink is never just a drink. These are poems about being human, the heartbreak and joy and horror of all that. McCreesh â like Joseph Mitchell (see McSorleyâs Wonderful Saloon), John Fante (Brotherhood of the Grape), and of course Charles Bukowski â knows that the truth comes up when illusions of control come down. â Lori Jakiela, Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker
"A Deep & Gorgeous Thirst is a beautiful book about something we too often see portrayed as the source of all bad luck and trouble. Itâs goddamn uplifting. Now, fuck it, Iâm going to the bar and Iâm bringing these poems with me and Iâm letting them sing straight to my drunken heart." â William Boyle, City of Margins and A Friend is a Gift You Give Yourself