Clash By Night: A Visit From Poet/Punk Gerry LaFemina
One of the highlights of spring 2015 was a visit by my old friend and collaborator Gerry LaFemina . Gerry read from his poetry and fiction for a rapt crowd of students at Saint Joseph's University and he answered our many questions about his life as a writer, an advocate for poetry, and a punk rocker. Gerry also treated us to a preview of his latest project--one that's especially thrilling to a poet-slash-music enthusiast like myself. Yes, that's Gerry on the cover! The first in a projected series of anthologies inspired by classic albums, Clash By Night gathers poems responding to specific songs on The Clash's seminal album London Calling . For instance, this classic-- --which inspired this poem by George Yatchisin: Clampdown It wasn't the socialism--I had the Gang of Four for that. Plus who doesn't want to chuck work, especially when there's rock 'n' roll, a chance to chant with our chosen likeminded young ...