First review...

Check out this stellar review of my new poetry chapbook UNPRESSED by Randall Radic at Blogcritics Books... (click link for the full article)

San Francisco presents itself as the Left Coast Poetry Hub, the focal point of all things doggerel. And for a fact, the place does have a lot of free verse action. So I figured I’d ask some of the local poets what they were reading, as opposed to what they weren’t reading. Most people who know anything about poetry know that August Kleinzahler hangs out in San Francisco. And since he’s probably the most famous living poet in the Bay Area, his stuff sells well–that’s a given.

What I wanted to know was this: who’s turning out remarkable poetry? And I don’t care if they’re from the Left Coast or not. Who–regardless of where they’re from–is worthy of note?

Get this: one name kept popping up–Tess Kincaid. I’m not even sure what part of the country she lives in–the Midwest? Maybe. According to the cognoscenti, she has a lovely ‘voice,’ a true poetical sense, and almost never steps over the line separating poetry from specious crap.

...remarkable stuff: witty, syncopated with a rhythm that rocks and rolls like music when read out loud. But what really sets Tess apart from the rest of the poetical aspirants is her use of the English language...

― Randall Radic at Blogcritics Books (entire article here)

UNPRESSED is now available for pre-order from Finishing Line Press.

Wowee! My first book review...

Check out this excellent review of my poetry chapbook PATINA by Randall Radic at Blogcritics Books.  (click on this link for full article)

...in a hazy, lazy sort of way, Tess Kincaid's poems provide a sense of remembrance, a tantalizing wisp of recollection, an easy intimacy.  Like a cold beer on a summer afternoon, her poems go down easy.

Poetry allows us - we human beings - to feel our emotions. Kincaid's poetry goes one step further.  Her words allow us the luxury of emotional commitments to people and to objects.  But emotional commitment implies familiarity.  And familiarity connotes patina.

Radic is the author of A Priest in Hell: Gangs, Murders and Snitching in a California Jail, and Gone to Hell: True Crimes of America's Clergy.  He is currently working on his next non-fiction book, Killing God's Enemies.

PATINA is now available to purchase from Amazon.