Why Things Burn Poems

A book of fierce, original poetry by one of San Francisco's leading poets and performers. It is educated without being didactic, lyrical without being doggerel, passionate without being over the top and sexy without being prurient. It is everything poetry should be, without many of the things that poetry unfortunately is. These pieces work both in performance and on the page. They tackle sexuality, lesbian issues, rape, modern urban living, and the author's Jewish heritage, with a sometimes kooky but always sophisticated view of life.

Daphne Gottlieb is a fixture in the San Francisco slam poetry scene and has also toured nationally. She writes for Metroleum, a popular webzine, and is also the author of Pelt, a collection of poetry