Letters of Transit is a passport to the space between: prose and poetry, reverie and memory, death and fecundity. Its invitation is a journey without destination, a ramble, a thrill ride, an open-ended ticket. But it maps an uncanny territory, populated with ominous doctors, proctors, theorists, forgers and game show hosts, whose agendas seem no less threatening than the intrusions of red spitting monkeys, biting spiders, monster hornets, unseen shrieking creatures. One ranges through its pages with an electric sense of visiting places impossibly recognizable—the dream realm of a collective unconscious. Its attractions are part freak show, part museum, part mausoleum. Theodore Worozbyt brings a rich and intricate vision to a world both gorgeous and grotesque, where one must suspect every detail of being a crucial clue.
These letters Ted Worozbyt has issued us are themselves in constant transit, from allegory to idyll to soundscape to dream; from passion to humor to terror to joy; from a painter hawking Balthus forgeries on eBay to dissection sessions in science club to Michael Jackson's Thriller to an effort to empathize with a piñata. You hold in your hands a passport to a truly surprising, delightful, and even devious imagination. Open it this instant! You'll never look back.'—Joel Brouwer, author of Centuries
'Letters of Transit is a unique set of verse touching on the many subjects of our world, both pleasant and unpleasant. The result is a collection spanning matters from the strange to the mundane, to the magnificent. Letters of Transit is a must for poetry fans.'—Midwest Book Review
'Imagination and science collide in Theodore Worozbyt's colorful, haunting second collection, Letters of Transit. . . . Tender, dark, and tightly woven, each piece ackowledges that 'facts are impossible objects.'—American Poet
Theodore Worozbyt holds an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in literature from the University of Alabama, where he currently teaches. He is the author of The Dauber Wings.
