<DIV><p>"McGimpsey displays erudition, clever insights and a knack for the wickedly funny wisecrack." ? <I>The Washington Post</I></p><p>Melding the deeply personal and the culturally popular, <I>Li'l Bastard</I> is confessional poetry as written by a chronic trickster and a committed liar. Written in part as an homage to John Berryman and Robert Lowell, this sequence of sixteen-line poems?"chubby sonnets"?explores the poet's obsessions (food, aging, baseball, beer, and <I>Barnaby Jones</I>) and map his midlife crisis on a wild flight through Montreal, Chicago, Nashville, Texas, and Los Angeles. Poignant and often achingly funny, <I>Li'l Bastard</I> will cement David McGimpsey's status as a beloved original.</p><p><B>David McGimpsey</B> is the author of four acclaimed collections of poetry, including <I>Lardcake</I> and <I>Sitcom</I>. He teaches at Concordia University in Montreal.</p><BR></DIV>