{"product_id":"padam-padam-the-collected-poems-9781643622903","title":"Padam Padam: The Collected Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA posthumous celebration of the poet and provocateur Kevin Killian, \u003c\/i\u003ePadam Padam\u003ci\u003e pulses with camp, pop culture, and pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKevin Killian--the puckish poet, playwright, novelist, scholar, and impresario of the Bay Area arts community--channeled the charisma of the pop stars. Pulled from his legendary corpus, and long out of print, the work collected here is the record of Killian's life as a radical littérateur. In \u003ci\u003eArgento Series\u003c\/i\u003e, Killian conjures the horror, suspense, and cinematic imagery of director Dario Argento as he documents the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. In \u003ci\u003eAction Kylie\u003c\/i\u003e, he revels in queer identity and the universal love of fandom. In \u003ci\u003eTweaky Village\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTony Greene Era\u003c\/i\u003e, Killian elevates artists and friends to legendary status within his personal pantheon. And \u003ci\u003eElements\u003c\/i\u003e, Killian's wink at the periodic table, makes its U.S. debut. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection features an introduction by Kay Gabriel, who writes of Killian's \"fabulous, permissive body of work, charming, filthy and smarmy at turns, with its retchable milk enemas and its devilish twists.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Killian\u003c\/b\u003e was a San Francisco-based poet, novelist, playwright, and art writer. Recent books include the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eTony Greene Era\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and\u003ci\u003e Tweaky Village\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003ePoet Be Like God: Jack Spicer and the San Francisco Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e (1998). With Dodie Bellamy, he coedited \u003ci\u003eWriters Who Love Too Much: New Narrative Writing, 1977-1997 \u003c\/i\u003e(2017).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nightboat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690758504722,"sku":"9781643622903","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9085a938-074b-4bcd-bc27-5926e632b238.jpg?v=1761746645","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/padam-padam-the-collected-poems-9781643622903","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}