Brutally Frank

“Berriman’s poems are straight-talking us right from the title: Brutally Frank . . . Damn right they are, and stylistically they fall somewhere between Bukowski and Ginsberg. I read the whole damn book in a sitting, and I like that he writes fearlessly, unflinchingly, pulling no punches, and eliminating any purely connective punctuation or parts of speech: the last two lines of ‘Sam Shepard’ are pure perfection. ‘Cinematographers’ and ‘Where Will I Wear It?’ are classics. The book could as easily have been titled simply Here’s What I Have to Say, and what he has to say is well said and well worth your time and money.” —Gerald Locklin, author of Charles Bukowski: A Sure Bet and The Vampires Saved America