FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE PSYCHOPATH CLUB AND THE DEVIL’S FINGER Sandra Bond is… “talented, knowledgeable, insightful, entertaining, generous, kind, and quite brilliant” Claire Brialey “dark, funny, and plays with your expectations.” Stewart Hotston “enthusiastically recommended, but don’t try drinking while you read!” Farah Mendlesohn …down in the Poetry Slum In her first collection of verse, Sandra Bond is by turns hysterically funny, profoundly insightful, powerfully cynical, and deeply moving. From the title poem: If you want to score sestinas Or a baggie of blank verse You can buy them on the Darknet — Then again, you could do worse Than slip down to the sleazy spot Where the versifiers come, And speak to the suppliers Down in the poetry slum. From “The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized” When he saw the Nielsen ratings The planner shook his head, And in the same slot next week A whodunit played instead. And from “I Threw Myself Upward” I threw myself upward And clutched the empty air With hands that suddenly felt As cold as water in a stream That only runs in winter. The remarkable Sandra Bond (S&ra to her friends) has been everything from a singer-songwriter in an indie rock band to a lawyer to a publisher to a beer truck driver. As a novelist and as a poet, her original voice will take you on an unforgettable journey.