Amandalyn Donogal: 4 books

Anthony Weiner’s crotch-shots, Mylie’s twerking, government not working, and a boatload of stupidity fill our days and our newspapers. Perhaps it’s time to put some of that into perspective – in poetry – that makes no pretense at being delicate, politically correct or even a bit cautious....

Settled in Mexico, their lottery winnings spent, Bambi and Dash are slinging beer at the Pink Pagoda Burrito Bar and Beer Haus to the usual crowd of banditos and drug dealers. When Bambi's biological clock gets the best of her, she puts the moves on a new gringo and takes him upstairs for some chaka...

It's a 'Thelma and Louise meets Pulp Fiction' encounter when fugitive Dashiel Waitflaker hitches a ride with truck driving Bambi and her pink teacup poodle, Adolf. From the moment Dash climbs into the hot pink eighteen-wheeler, the battle lines are drawn. When Bambi alters Dash's appearance to help...

It could have been the perfect Christmas, spent as close to the North Pole as possible, with elves, reindeer and a sleigh, a workshop full of toys, and the aroma of fresh gingerbread wafting through the air. There was to be a pageant, brimming with local talent, real Hollywood directors, and some...