pre|dispositions

In pre|dispositions Tim'm West's first collection of entirely new work since the 2007 Flirting the author known for his outward introspection shamelessly puts forth a work where his own affirmations on loving aim to mobilize the brave community of rhyters he imagined in his first book Red Dirt Revival. West constructs this multi-genre collection of writing unified in its exploration of the inextricable relationship between the break and its healing. Through compound words with some poetic liberty West moves through his|story father|hood book|marks in|between desire|ability every|thing and he|art with some of his most vulnerable work to date-- something of note given the deeply personal nature of his existing work. A philosopher by training West's poetry is ambitious not so much for its attempt to code experience with terse words or heavy symbolism but for wordplay that suggests everyone can find through the author a mirror. Lose yourself here to find yourself here.