Love Letters from an Arsonist

Praise for David van den Berg

“A weird, wild, and beautiful wail of emotion that seems to emanate from the very heart of the American South.”
– Kirkus Starred Review

“[A] revelatory journey…masculinity and tenderness tussle among the alligator swamps and hunting grounds of rural Florida…call[ing] out from the depths of despair and the dizziness of adventure.”
– Susan Lilley, the inaugural poet laureate of Orlando and author of Venus in Retrograde

“[D]ark and brooding, even brutal, but no denying the creativity, originality, and sheer talent…intense poems that cry out to be read and reread and absorbed.”
– Claire Matturro