Title Bout

Despite the fact that the book only has one question mark in it, Travis Macdonald’s new collection of poetry, Title Bout, is thoroughly about inquiry. The poems within investigate how we define our narratives through titles; it asks the pertinent questions… What happens when a narrative goes toe to toe with its borders, as defined by its title? What happens if we allow the limits of a story to win? The answers may be brief and surprising, but that may be less important than expected. Because these are questions that have a joy all their own, just in the asking. “Wouldn’t it be Better if We Could All Just Drive Dinosaurs Around Our Daily Lives Instead of these Stinking Loud Machines We’ve Made from Mountains to Drink the Liquid Bones They’ve Left Us?” Read Title Bout and find out. We dare you to get a little bit wiser.