Just got my signed hardcover copy of Dan Denton’s amazing memoir, The Dead and the Desperate, on Roadside Press. If you’re looking for a tale of personal purgatory but ultimate redemption, this is the book for you. There have been many literary takes on blue collar life in America—dead-end jobs, dead-end relationships, and often mixed …
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Jun 23
JD Monroe reviews THE DEAD AND THE DESPERATE by Dan Denton
first published at https://www.i94bar.com/reviews/books/3126-disaffected-dan-denton-must-be-your-new-fave-author Disaffected? Dan Denton must be your new fave author The Dead and The Desperate By Dan Denton (Roadside Press) Way back in the New Wave/Post punk era, one of my only friends was a kid with a very similar name to mine. He was really into Depeche Mode and Tubeway Army, and he had a real …
Apr 24
Excerpt from THE DEAD AND THE DESPERATE by Dan Denton
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1. I never intended to live in Ohio again in the first place. After my first divorce, and all the ensuing debacles; a rehab here, probation there, a dab or two of homelessness, or years of barely clinging to a roof over my head, and I found myself drunk and alone a lot, watching the …
Feb 21
Review by Dan Denton: Disposable Darlings by Todd Cirillo
A look at Todd Cirillo’s Disposable Darlings I have never met Todd Cirillo, and I’ve only read a few of his poems in online zines over the years. He has however been mentioned a few times in conversations with poets that I dig, so I was curious to take a look at his forthcoming collection …
Jan 11
Review by Steven Meloan: The Dead and the Desperate by Dan Denton
If you’re looking for a tale of personal purgatory but ultimate redemption, The Dead and the Desperate is the book for you. There have been many literary takes on blue collar life in America—dead-end jobs, dead-end relationships, and often mixed with substance abuse or variations of mental illness. But as a deft and brutally honest …
Oct 20
Local author Dan Denton chronicles blue collar living in new novel
BY JASON WEBBER/THE BLADE Dan Denton does not imbibe alcohol. Seated at a table in The Attic, Denton, sips Red Bull and cranberry juice, a far cry from the beer swilling protagonist of his new novel The Dead and the Desperate, which was just published by local imprint Roadside Press. On Saturday at 2:30 p.m., …
Oct 17
Review by David Alec Knight: The Dead and the Desperate by Dan Denton
If you have liked Dan Denton’s poetry, or if you liked his first novel, you know what you’re in for. And guess what? There’s even more now: he has grown much as a writer since, and this novel is even more important. You might think, as you begin to read Dan Denton’s THE DEAD AND …
Oct 10
Review by Westley Heine: The Dead and the Desperate by Dan Denton
The Beats and later Charles Bukoswki cleared the way for the working class poet, the outlaw writer, and the mental outsider to enter literature. After Buk died in 1994 no one has really replaced his mantle. In the vacuum has swelled a generation of writers who seem to think if they get drunk and write …
