Our friend Heller Levinson has a new book of poetry out entitled ToxiCity. Mr. Levinson tells us that he writes his poetry in pencil, with a Dixon Ticonderoga (#2) or with a Pentel 0.7 P207 when travelling. The artists responsible for the cover art — Margo Kren and Ed Paschke — begin their work in pencil, to boot! Graphite aside, from all counts, Mr. Levinson’s work is nothing short of revolutionary.

“ToxiCity is a volume for the starving masses of readers to devour, then shelve among poets who refused to succumb to the shrews and molls of convention and mediocrity dolling themselves up as muses. Nothing is lost in Heller Levinson’s prolific study of philosophy, history, music and the arts: the poems in ToxiCity are like a palimpsest where diverse lexicons, facts, detailed observations all meld….
—from the introduction by Anthony Seidman”

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