Dave Dumanis: 4 books

What if you invented a skincare cream that made people younger? Not just look younger, but feel, think, and act younger, too? What if it became wildly popular? And what if it worked just a little too well? A 20-year-veteran of marketing and advertising by day, author Dave Dumanis (The...

Some of the influences that went into this book: stupid TV reruns, annoying pop songs, limericks, Shakespearean sonnets, kids' verse, performance art, ancient Greek poetry in iambic trimeter, punk rock, porn, wymyn's lit, Andy Warhol, classified ads, Valentine's day cards, Disneyland, storebought cookies, and a fascination with words and beauty.

Some of the influences that went into these poems: 60's reruns, 80's performance art, Hitchcock, Aesop's fables, surf culture, Zen, the i Ching, office culture, pop psychology, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Phil, Dr. Benway, and Dr. Caligari.

Christy Miyabi is a 9-year-old ballet dancer, an orphan, and a genius. She's also under contract from Death himself to murder a person a year for a week. Or so she believes. This poker-faced tall tale follows Christy across the country as she dutifully slaughters strangers, friends, relatives, and the President, finds true love, and fulfills her dream of making it on Broadway.