Jerome Sala's books of poetry include cult classics such as Spaz Attack, I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent, The Trip, Raw Deal, Look Slimmer Instantly, Prom Night (a collaboration with artist Tamara Gonzales), and most recently, The Cheapskates. His poetry and criticism have appeared The Best American Poetry series, The Nation, Evergreen Review, Pleiades, Conjunctions, Rolling Stone, The Brooklyn Rail, Journal of Poetics Research and many others. Before moving to New York in the 80s, Sala and his spouse, poet Elaine Equi, did numerous readings together, helping to create Chicago's lively performance poetry scene. He has worked for many corporations of all kinds as a professional copywriter and has a Ph.D. in American Studies from New York University.
Jerome Sala burns all of the rule books. His poems need to be read
out loud as we ditch our cubicles and throw out our tablets. This
timely book seems to have been written from the inside
out--dissecting advertorials with ready-mades, and raging at
capitalistic indifference. As the poet himself ponders in one of
his sonnets, "Perhaps its stasis urges us to disbelieve." He is a
writer that I want on my side. Thank you, Jerome Sala, for this
electric meditation on our frozen world.
--Kostas Anagnopoulos
Jerome Sala's Corporations Are People, Too! not only brilliantly
skewers Corporate America's hypocrisy, obfuscation, in- and
anti-humanity etc., but does so utilizing poetic forms and
strategies so expertly it could be considered two different equally
successful books, one an illustration of perfect poetic craft, the
other a unique screed exposing in a totally original way the many
failings of a commodity based culture.
--Michael Lally
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