The Milkweed Man

About the Book

In The Milkweed Man, Rhoades shambles through Hollywood, La Paz, Lake Quihana, the outer purloighs of London, through shelters, ERs, bars, parks, and brings the characters there to bear, in 40-plus poems and two short stories. Here, you’ll meet Big Jim, Alessandro, Medicated Kym, the guarra, and others, “some portions in ruins, some crumbling, some standing somehow.”

About the Author

Brady Rhoades is a newspaper reporter and editor. His poetry and short stories are widely-published, including in Best New Poets 2008, Alaska Quarterly Review, Antioch Review, and Virginia Quarterly Review. His debut collection, “What We Do to Survive,” was published in 2017. The Milkweed Man is his second book. He lives in Southern California.