Performed his poem “The Whitest Thing”
“You are sure there are good parts about having white skin, too, even if you can’t see them yet. No one asks you where you came from or how you got here.”
Don’t miss this poem from Adam Falkner, performing his poem “The Whitest Thing”
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“Mr. Powell was a perv but I did not mind at all, because he seemed more lonely than creepy and I think those are totally different things.”
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Performing at McNally Jackson Books
“Mr. Powell was a perv but I did not mind at all, because he seemed more lonely than creepy and I think those are totally different things.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Adam Falkner, performing at McNally Jackson Books in Brooklyn, NY
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Performing at Icehouse
“These days, my dad and I don’t talk about the elephants much. They’re always there, presence grazing in and out of each room. Instead we just lob each other breadcrumbs like sports scores and headlines and see what sticks.”
Don’t miss this fantastic poem from Adam Falkner, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
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Performing at Honey
“I tell her the White House is nice, but it is a lot of responsibility. I’m going completely gray as you have probably seen.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Adam Falkner, performing at Honey in Minneapolis, MN.
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Performing at Honey in Minneapolis, MN.
“Joey from Dawson’s Creek was my beard, which if you don’t know means she was my prom date, my monster truck, my main squeeze, rumor-swatter.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Adam Falkner, performing at Honey in Minneapolis, MN.
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Performing at Icehouse
“When she grabbed my hand and walked me across the cast party to the bathroom, I was sort of prepared for the best or the worst.”
Don’t miss this great poem from Adam Falkner, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
Adam’s award-winning book, The Willies is now available!
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Performing at Honey
“My father is a trophy in a clan of empty frames, fork in the most violent of rivers.”
Don’t miss this powerful poem from Adam Falkner, performing at Honey in Minneapolis MN.
Adam’s award-winning book, The Willies is now available!
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“No one asks you where you came from. Or how you got here. Which is good, because you could not answer anyhow.”
Congratulations to Adam Falkner for topping 250,000 views on this great poem! Watch more from Adam here and here.
Adam’s fantastic book, The Willies is now available!
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