Happy Hour Heart of New Orleans - Couverture souple

Cirillo, Todd

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798994683330

Editeur : Roadside Press, 2026

Synopsis

Happy Hour Heart of New Orleans is a deeply human collection of New Orleans-born poems and photographs that exists somewhere between first kiss and last call. Todd Cirillo captures beauty in lives lived on the edge of celebration and collapse in The City That Care Forgot. The collection reflects New Orleans life where indulgence and introspection coexist—bartenders and jukeboxes, jazz bands and barstools, boas and tutus, tourists and outlaws, magnolias at midnight, early levee walks, the quiet poetry of everyday rituals, ghosts and glitter.

With unfiltered authenticity, Cirillo lays bare a unique world where sin and salvation move to the rhythm of shot glasses and brass bands in this sinking city. A crescent in the Mississippi River, where kisses feel different than anywhere else. Happy Hour Heart of New Orleans is about connection to a city shaped by contrasts. A love letter and treasure map—guiding locals, visitors and barflies through its resilience, corruption, humor, loss, unrestrained joy, unkept hope, unspent love and, in the end, the best spot in the house for one’s ashes.

Todd Cirillo was born of bastard lineage. He has many books and misdemeanors. His books include: Sucker’s Paradise, Burning the Evidence, ROXY, Kisses from a Straight Razor, Disposable Darlings, Three Poets Walk Into a Bar…. His poems have appeared in numerous national and international literary journals, magazines and on cocktail napkins everywhere. He is editor and co-founder of Six Ft. Swells Press. Todd lives in New Orleans, Louisiana where he seeks out shiny moments and strange wisdom while looking pretty.

"I have long believed that, somewhere along the way, Todd Cirillo sold his soul to the wicked angels of mirth and laughter, or maybe to those of loss and despair. How else to explain the bone-real poems that press against the pages of this remarkable collection? Open these pages for the decadence and stay for the love that lies at the core of Cirillo’s power. It plays itself out in French Quarter bars, the streets, and in intimate moments shared in the shower of a small apartment. This book is the kiss you share with the one you’ll always love, but can’t quite have."—Jeff Weddle, author of Bohemian New Orleans: The story of the Outsider and Loujon Press

"Todd Cirillo should be crowned the poet laureate of New Orleans. Using humor, humility and compassion, these poems speak of everyday poignant moments, such as the loneliness of drunks, ecstasy of evening revelers, or the quiet drama in interpersonal relationships. Poems reflect longingly on his desire for a deeper relationship with a woman who wants only to be a friend, early morning in the French Quarter, where handfuls of glitter, music, joy and longing wash along the gutters as the Quarter prepares for another night and the Mississippi river powers along oblivious to human concerns. The poet’s self-deprecating humor and love of plastic cups, saintly bar tenders, half-sipped vodka and Sprites, old friends, and the people who live in New Orleans raise his lines to moments of deep insight. Isn’t that what we are all looking for?"—John Cullen, author of The Observation of Basic Matter

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Roadside Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798994683330
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 84
• Éditeur: McDannold Michele
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