“Alexis Rotella, with an expected mastery of insight and craft, opens a window into a young girl’s heart in these 28 kinetic portraits of revisited longing, desire and dream inspired by the Pied Piper of an era gone, yet permanently etched on the American mind-scape. Skeptical of celebrity inspired literature, all I can say is: I read it. I loved it. Elvis in Black Leather—nothing like it before in tanka. You’ll be surprised. Trust me.” —Larry Kimmel, Editor of Winfred Press
“In these poetic encounters Alexis Rotella brings legend and reason together, showing us the emotional logic from which ‘gods’ are made. These poems are not elegies. They are deliciously alive.” —Grace Cavalieri, Producer/host “The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress”
“This is the most enjoyable collection of tanka I’ve read in a long time. . . . Alexis Rotella is pushing the boundaries of the genre . . .... More > ” —Charles Christian, editor Ink, Sweat & Tears< Less
