Published in: May-June 2011 issue.
Inferno (A Poet’s Novel)
by Eileen Myles
OR Books. 244 pages, $16.
HERE IS A BOOK that interweaves fiction, social commentary, history, and satire. Eileen Myles’ Inferno offers different attractions to different readers: some will read it for its story about how to become a poet; some will be enthralled by its imaginative history of New York in the 1970’s; some will focus on the sex; and some will pick it up solely for the author’s name on the cover. None will be disappointed.
