Saturday, April 18, 2020

Loudermilk

Loudermilk or The Real Poet or The Origin of the World / Lucy Ives, 334 pgs.

A hilarious take on an MFA program somewhere in small town Midwest.  Troy Loudermilk shows up to town with his friend Harry.  Loudermilk is a good looking guy with more interest in free money and being surrounded by girls.  Harry only has one friend, Loudermilk.  He is sort of agoraphobic and a social misfit but also the brains behind the poetry.  Loudermilk loudly attends class and turns in Harry's brilliant poems.  He doesn't escape the notice of the husband and wife writing professors nor their underage daughter Lizzy.  Anton Beans had himself figured for the role of brilliant writer and is insanely jealous. After interacting with Loudermilk, he is convinced he can't be writing the work he turns in and decides to investigate further.  This book is a fun read.  If you attended an MFA program and was not really impressed with it, you will not be able to put this down.

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