FEVER

"Ron Koertge can elevate the ordinary places of America——the backyard, the classroom, the mall——into scenes of mock-epic significance. He can just as easily lower the mythic worlds of Superman, Ozymandias and Cinderella to a level just a few inches above the bathetic. And he does all this with a charming combination of wit and empathy, satire and sweetness."

—Billy Collins

"I would think a poem entitled Getting Tough with John Ruskin,” “Ozymandias and Harriet,” or “Teen Jesus” would be enou...