Kevin Duceys <strong>Rhinoceros</strong> was selected from over 1000 manuscripts by YusefKomunyakaa for the APRHonickman First Book Prize. With lyrical turns an... » 

Kevin Duceys Rhinoceros was selected from over 1000 manuscripts by YusefKomunyakaa for the APRHonickman First Book Prize. With lyrical turns andmetaphorical sways Rhinoceros embodies mythologies that are brought down toearth and riffs on history desire death sex and food. We have lunch withHawking and Disney before stopping in to see how Robert Brownings recordingsession with Thomas Edison is getting on. They hate each other. Komunyakaawrites in his introduction Rhinoceros has a playfulness that pulsesalongside a seriousness and this rippling effect resonates beneath the skin. .. . A keen imagination drives these impressive poems.Kevin Ducey teaches creative writing at the University of Notre Dame and livesin South Bend Indiana. «