Suggested Pairings:

(what to drink while reading)

Curves & Curses,

   -Lillet on the rocks with a blood orange

A Natural History of Suchness,

  -Bonny Doon, Le Cigare Volant, 1999

Negative Capability in the Verse of John Wieners,

  -Croft 1977 Port

9^th & Ocean,

  -Caymus, Conundrum, 2000

Adventures of Max & Maxine,

   -2 shots of Jack Daniels in a hot shower, before reading

Pop Junk,

  -40oz King Cobra

El Tsunami,

  -Trimbach, Pinot Blanc, 2000

Last We Spoke,

  - Billecart-Salmon, Brut Rose, NV

    (Anyone got a vicodin?)

After the Sinews,

  -Maker’s Mark Manhattan, straight up with a brandied cherry (1^st read)

  -Smoke a bowl and read the poems out loud (2^nd read)

Stranger in Town,

  -Chimay Triple (white label)

Mascara,

  -Martinelli's Hot Apple Cider