Cocktails (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: D. A. Powell
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Food, Sick persons, Drinking or drunkenness, Films, movies, or motion pictures, AIDS
D. A. Powell's first two volumes, Tea (1998) and Lunch (2000), marked him as one of the most promising poets of his generation. “Promising” may even be a misleading word. Even in his first volume, Powell's skill was so evident and his originality so obvious that to speak of his work with the evolutionary metaphors used to describe early stages of careers seems patronizing.
Cocktails, the conclusion of Powell's trilogy concerning the modern gay experience, confirms the author's significance. Powell's poems often have to do with race and sexuality,...
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