Dead Dad Jokes
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Ollie Schminkey
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.
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Author
Ollie Schminkey
Pages
96
Publisher
Button Poetry
Published Date
2021-05-25
ISBN
194373593X 9781943735938
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"Dead Dad Jokes is a book about dealing with death and the process of grief. <br/><br/>The author doesn't romanticise death or makes it pretty, but instead talks about it in all its ugliness. It let's the reader have a look into what dealing with a sickness, death, and loss is really like. As someone whose biggest fear is loss, it was hard to read this book. It presented such raw emotions and pain, that the reader can't do much, but think about life and their loved ones.<br/><br/>I rarely find a poetry book that is full of emotions, but this was definitely one of those books."
Éva Molnár