Far Out Factoids - Paperback

by Carole Carpathios (Illustrator), Diane Kistner (Editor), Neil Carpathios (Author)

Did you know that a pig's orgasm lasts thirty minutes? Or that each year more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears? How about that 83% of people believe in a perfect day? Welcome to the wild world of factoids! Using a different factoid as the starting point, and title, for his musings, award-winning poet Neil Carpathios offers up thirty poems in this unique collection that explores sexuality, relationships, culture, metaphysics, and many other corners of our universe. By turns humorous, irreverent, intimate and thought-provoking, Carpathios takes full advantage of the mental springboard that is the factoid. As an added treat, included are original drawings by artist Carole Carpathios, the poet's wife. These whimsical and beautifully rendered images complement the poems to take readers on a journey through a palpable factoid galaxy. Laugh out loud. Scratch your head in thought. Fasten your seatbelt. Enjoy the ride.

Author Biography

Neil Carpathios is the author of four previous full-length poetry collections: Playground of Flesh (Main Street Rag, 2006), At the Axis of Imponderables (winner of the Quercus Review Press Book Award, 2007), Beyond the Bones (FutureCycle Press, 2009), and most recently Confessions of a Captured Angel (Terrapin Books, 2016). His several chapbooks are the result of national competitions, most recently The Function of Sadness (Slipstream Press Award, 2015). He also is the editor of Every River on Earth: Writing from Appalachian Ohio (Ohio University Press, 2015). He has taught creative writing and literature at various universities, schools, and workshops. His wife, Carole Carpathios, is a graphic designer and freelance illustrator/artist. Far Out Factoids is their first artistic collaboration.