Temptations for a Juvenile Delinquent Format: Paperback

This collection takes off from where Sky Gilbert’s first volume of poetry concluded and begs the question: Has Sky Gilbert grown up? Thankfully, the answer is no. Like Digressions of a Naked Party Girl, Temptations of a Juvenile Deliquent does not represent a fine literary turn by a respected man of letters, nor is it an experiment in metaphor and metonymy ripe for exegesis and respect. Instead, it’s a personal, confessional, hilarious, rant-filled thrill-ride — where familiar streets are filled with gay boys, hookers, Key West sunshine, and movie stars. These are poems written on the run, between tricks, after orgies, and before that last cigarette at 4 in the morning. They are meant to be read: out loud, in bed, or simply as a tool for seduction. This dangerous book is recommended to minors, the inexperienced, the virginal, shut ins, and the sexually repressed, not University courses or best-seller lists anywhere.

Sky Gilbert is a writer and teacher living in Toronto. (He is also an award winning playwright and founding artistic director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto) His theatre memoir Ejaculations from the Charm Factory was published by ECW in 2000. His first three novels: Guilty (1998), St. Stephen’s (1999), and I Am Kasper Klotz (2001) were critically acclaimed. He is presently working on his fourth novel (to be published by Cormorant Books) and his Ph.D. at The University of Toronto. This is his second collection of poetry.