Craig Berry

fraterviao is rapidly becoming one of my favorite poets. I'm lucky enough to be able to attend his live performances at LVX Lodge. His poetry and his delivery both harken back to the Beat poets, but with his own special sardonic twist. When he gets on a roll it comes out as something between recitation and chanting; you find yourself tapping your foot to his rhythm. If you're ever in LA on a night when LVXpresso Cafe is happening, be there to catch his mojo.

But even if you can't see him live, you can now enjoy his poetry. His book Fall from Prescopia is finally available; my copy arrived last week. I've been delaying mentioning it here, because I wanted to do a full review. But it's not looking like I'll have time for that, so I'll boil my planned review down into its two essential points:

1. Wow!
2. Go buy this, right now.

That makes two published authors in LVX Lodge, by the way. who's next?