John J Trause

Aphorisms... Minimalisms... Trauseisms... More fun with AndyTaylor Mead, writer, actor, performer, poet, and one of Andy Warhol's SuperstarsBrief as the lives on display, these utterly charming pieces resonate with eroticism, sentiment, devilish humor and unexpected editorial comment... fitting testament to one of the key moving image projects of the 20th Century.Ron Magliozzi, Associate Curator, Department of Film, Museum of Modern Art, New Yorksighting by Billy. i see the poem, read it, and find it charming, one of the 13 most beautiful....Billy Name, photographer, filmmaker, lighting designer, Warhol Factory ArchivistJohn J. Trause often transcends the ordinary five senses in his delightful new chapbook Eye Candy for Andy. Trause is a word-painter, and that is what art is all about. Leah Maines, author of Beyond the River

Aphorisms... Minimalisms... Trauseisms... More fun with AndyTaylor Mead, writer, actor, performer, poet, and one of Andy Warhol's SuperstarsBrief as the lives on display, these utterly charming pieces resonate with eroticism, sentiment, devilish humor and unexpected editorial comment... fitting testament to one of the key moving image projects of the 20th Century.Ron Magliozzi, Associate Curator, Department of Film, Museum of Modern Art, New Yorksighting by Billy. i see the poem, read it, and find it charming, one of the 13 most beautiful....Billy Name, photographer, filmmaker, lighting designer, Warhol Factory ArchivistJohn J. Trause often transcends the ordinary five senses in his delightful new chapbook Eye Candy for Andy. Trause is a word-painter, and that is what art is all about. Leah Maines, author of Beyond the River

John Trause is unique: a classicist who loves pop. His poems capture our desire to mock and at the same time learn every juicy detail of pseudo-celebrity - Edie Sedgwick, Doris Duke, Governor McGreevey - with all the classical style of Plato writing about Atlantis. He is our generation's undiscovered T.S. Eliot. - David Silverman, author of Typo: The Last AmericanTypesetter or How I Made and Lost 4 Million Dollars Don't trust the adverb in the title. You never can tell if John is serious or not. His deeply shallow poems are simultaneously extravagant and poker faced. - Mark Swartz, author of H2O and Instant Karma These poems are the ideal mixture of gravitas and fun. Trause is able to encompass doubt, and art, the Holy Land, celebrity and much more in these refined lyrics. The spirit of play moves through even the most serious of these poems. - Matthew Rohrer, author of Rise Up