the allegrezza ficcione

"I admire this book and not just because I wish I wrote it. I admire it because I am glad I read it. Not only is it an enjoyable romp which extends modernism but, as great literature often effects in its readers who happen to be writers, it raises the bar for me in my own attempts to write the novel in a fresh way. <br /> The effects of blogging on literature are obviously still being written. <b>Mark Young's</b> <em>the allegrezza ficcione</em> is undisputably one which will reflect how history, poetry, speculative fiction and magical realism were alchemized into something differently-modern through the existence of poetry blogland and the internet. <br /> That’s right — you heard it here first: Mark Young’s <em>the allegrezza ficcione</em> is historic and will come to be considered a 21st century classic." — <b>Eileen Tabios</b>