<p><strong>The magical-realist fables and bizarre folk-tales that are the poems in <em>Festival of Dangerous Ideas</em> conjure a nightmare world of what could be in the not too distant future especially considering where we are in our state of politics. &nbsp;It&rsquo;s a surrealist statement on politics religion family love and art. This is poetry of the imagination lit by old knowledge. Imagine entering a festival where booth after booth display scary and strangely familiar scenes of depravity or absurd theater. </strong></p>