The Last Time as We Are

by Taylor Mali

Overview

In Taylor Mali's poetry, the notion that teaching doesn't require a classroom, nor being a teacher to impart wisdom, is explored with wit and clarity. Through entertaining and straightforward verses, Mali delves into the language of love and the love of language, showcasing the timeless truth that "He who dares to teach must never cease to learn."  In the pages of  The Last Time as We Are, the reader is invited to discover profound lessons that transcend traditional boundaries of education and touch the essence of human connection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780982148839
Publisher:	Write Bloody Publishing
Publication date:	05/30/2009
Edition description:	First edition
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Taylor Mali was one of the original poets to appear on the HBO series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. The author of two collections of poetry, What Learning Leaves and The Last Time As We Are, his work has appeared in anthologies and other publications including The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, The Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry, Spoken Word Revolution, The Tampa Review, Pank, Taj Mahal Review, Cadillac Cicatrix, Spindle, and Paddlefish. He runs the Page Meets Stage reading series at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. For more information, visit www.taylormali.com.

Also Known As:

DJ KniggeMark Odom HatfieldSeth BoydAntônio Lopes de Amorim Diniz

Read an Excerpt

THE LAST TIME AS WE ARE

Because later that morning
the surgeon would cut me
four times, twice on each side,
once on the outside

and once on the inside,
leaving me with nothing
but tiny scars, and I would,
in a few months' time,

be able to be inside you
with nothing - not worry,
nor latex - I kissed you awake
when it was still dark,

and you opened to me,
and we made love
for the last time as we are,
as God made us,

which is to say,
as God made me.
Someday soon,
I will never be a father.

Editorial Reviews

Not since Taylor Mali has there been a poet the likes of Taylor Mali–he is a man of unique properties. He is tagged as a performance poet, but his performances, rather than being frontal assaults, are leavened by charm and wit and could survive happily on the page. -Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate

In this latest collection, Mali's work buzzes, hums, snaps and zaps, the tour-de-force of Mali on stage having been properly captured and catalogued on the page. –Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, "Everything Is Everything"

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