
Dead Dad Jokes
Ollie Schminkey
(Author)21,000+ Reviews
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Description
2022 Midwest Book Awards- Debut Poetry Finalist
2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Da Vinci Eye Finalist
2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Grand Prize Short List
2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Poetry Honorable Mention
2019 Button Poetry Video Contest Winner
Dead Dad Jokes is an unflinching take on family, loss and trauma. There is nothing quiet about Schminkey's debut. Every page is raw, honest and unforgettable. Dead Dad Jokes brings the impact of addiction into crisp focus while also shattering our simplistic TV preconceptions about it. Ollie never lets the reader slip into the easy sadness of cliche - instead they guide us through the realities and contradictions of losing someone you love and of death - reminding us that they need not be one and the same.
2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Da Vinci Eye Finalist
2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Grand Prize Short List
2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Poetry Honorable Mention
2019 Button Poetry Video Contest Winner
Dead Dad Jokes is an unflinching take on family, loss and trauma. There is nothing quiet about Schminkey's debut. Every page is raw, honest and unforgettable. Dead Dad Jokes brings the impact of addiction into crisp focus while also shattering our simplistic TV preconceptions about it. Ollie never lets the reader slip into the easy sadness of cliche - instead they guide us through the realities and contradictions of losing someone you love and of death - reminding us that they need not be one and the same.
Product Details
Publisher | Button Poetry |
Publish Date | May 25, 2021 |
Pages | 96 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781943735938 |
Dimensions | 8.4 X 5.4 X 0.3 inches | 0.3 pounds |
About the Author
Ollie Schminkey is a non-binary transgender poet/musician/artist from St. Paul, MN. They facilitate, direct, coach, and host many organizations, including a weekly writing workshop called Well-Placed Commas. They've been featured and published in a bunch of cool things and are the 2019 winner of the Button Video contest. You can find them touring nationally, on Button Poetry, or playing with their cat Pete, who is always trying to eat things he shouldn't.
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