Harvest the Dirt

"Harvest the Dirt is the meat section of the grocery store, pure bloody protein...Gibson takes it all on in Harvest the Dirt - poverty, race, violence, drugs, country music and so on. He does it with the slow grace of a poetic Richard Pryor...Poetry like this can make you squirm in your seat and that is a good thing. A damned good thing."--Today's Book of Poetry

"This is Jim Carroll and William Burroughs meets George Carlin and Sam Kinison in a dark alley for an I'll-raise-you-a-story kind of raw. This is not a book of poetry; this is an experience."--Chris Margolin, The Poetry Question

"Full of should-have-saids and self portraits, Wil Gibson's newest collection gives a vivid look at the life he has lead. It is harsh. It is visceral. Most importantly, it is truth. Harvest the Dirt captures the purest of moments and the most honest of self-reflections through remembrances and images of an universal truth about the America we live in. It is an insightful read of contemporary poetry in an unrestricted and accessible tongue."--Katrina K. Guarascio