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Three Orlando Nightspots
Three Orlando Nightspots is poetry and photo book. The poetry deals with my mom's dying from a stroke. Also, I deal with alcohol abuse, life as a nightclub photographer and health issues related to drinking. First, it opens with both my mom and Prince dying the same year. Later, we deal with me having an alcoholic blackout, seeing photos on my camera that I don't remember taking. Then, I wind up in the hospital. The hospital stay forms my decision to stop drinking.
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Central Florida Post

Nightlife can be a bit of double-edged sword, which is ostensibly noted with the double entendre title of Barnes’ first poem, “Double Whammy”. The deeply personal opening poem details the passing of Barnes’ mother, as well as real world problems ranging from car troubles to evictions. Profoundly, the poem ends with “might as well enjoy my camera… and the booze”, mirroring two major humanistic reactions to strife – creative joy and self-destruction.

 

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