The Lingua Franca of Ninth Street, a book of poetry by Randall Horton (who we interviewed), is something unlike any poetry book I’ve ever come across before. It’s more real than walking outside and people-watching for hours. It’s more honest than a 3-year-old boy and more enchanting than a Disney movie. It’s something else.
Randall Horton’s book deals with issues of life, of crime, of hate, and of love. It’s got a lot of deep, meaningful work that makes you stop and think for a minute before turning the page. Yeah. It’s one of those. There are also a hardy handful of poems that are full of good humor, and those are the little rays of sunlight needling through the clouds. This book is sure to get the reader feeling and thinking. And, really, what other point to literature is there?
- C.J.
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