Allegheny, BC _history and loving lament for a

and loving lament for a way of life and a place that is gone

Selected Poems is unabashedly musical

“Rosnau’s narrative is sewn tightly into these verses with the perspective of a novelist joined with the skill of an experienced poet

The poem ['Me Victorious'] is as frantic as a yuppie who gleans from their kid's Ritalin supply

post-eruption of Eyjafjallaj�kull

Allegheny, BC _history and loving lament for aDescription In this unsettling collection, Vancouver singer songwriter Rodney DeCroo delivers raw footage of a childhood marred by violence, sudden uprootings, and abuse. Allegheny, BC is a candid, gritty tour through DeCroo's troubled past in a small coal town outside of Pittsburgh, PA, the bush of northern BC, and his young adult years in Vancouver. Scenes of boys growing up along the banks of the filthy Allegheny River cut to hunting trips with an