Ron Kolm is a contributing editor of Sensitive Skin. He is the author of Divine Comedy, Duke & Jill, Suburban Ambush, A Change in the Weather, Welcome to the Barbecue, Night Shift, Swimming in the Shallow End and The Bookstore Book: A Memoir. His papers were purchased by the New York University Library. He’s also involved with several other archives: SUNY Buffalo, Ohio State University, the Harry Ransom Center and the main New York Public Library.
The Verities of Love
With his latest collection,The Verities of Love, Ron Kolm cements himself as the New York poet. Contained within these vibrant, “outré” (by any other city’s standards) pages are vignettes that speak to the very core of life’s sardonic sense of humor, but NYC’s in particular. And no one else can capture it quite like Kolm.
“When Ron Kolm’s generous heart turns from serving the world poetry to actually writing poetry, it sings, rings and zings. The firmament is shaken, the apples descend to your core and the wind’s facets spill meaning all over the lawn. Ron’s poetry is sometimes humorous—but, believe me, it’s no joke.”
-Bob Holman, founder of Bowery Poetry Club
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