Libertine Love Songs, A Collection of Poesy, Prosody, and Prose

Ronny Knape's Libertine Love Songs is a collection of poetry and prose in which the writing acts as palimpsests that overlay the occult plots of morality plays, journeys, quests, and Jungian archetypes all framed within idiom and phrasing of a Texas tale. Knape's style is of a 17th century moralist like John Bunyan having spent a stint in Aleister Crowley's company and then being dumped into the brain of a working-class Texan obligated to try to explain his journey to his family and neighbors. In short, there's a huge dose of magical realism as the abstractions and the day-to-day experiences of characters in Texas, Mexico, and a Lone Star imagination jostle around. Worth a read for the many places where this combination works.
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