"Heartbreaking and hilarious simultaneously… " ­ James TateIn Jeffrey McDaniel's second book, it is hard to separate the humor from the pain. Both qualities are omnipresent whether he's tackling dysfunctional family memories in 'The Most Awful Lullaby', or broken-hearted romance in poems like 'Another Long Day in the Office of Dreams'.
Whether Jeffrey McDaniel is denouncing insomnia («4,000 A.M.»), exploring family tragedy («Ghost Townhouse»), or celebrating love and lust («The Biology of Numbers»), his writing is original and provocative. A noted poet, McDaniel has appeared on ABC’s Nightline and NPR’s Talk of the Nation. «Wild, fierce, irreverent, full of praise and lament, and deeply, intensely human.» — Thomas Lux
