Author Description

"Evocative of the Beat generation's cry for the victims of an empty and self-destructive culture, the pages of this book deliver the next generation's answer to that howl. Marino's poetic protest to the world - a testimony to the depths of human potential and deviance - is a challenge to us all, to awake and confront the world we have wrought. This collection of poetry is inspired by the Jewish prophetic tradition; a tradition of speaking truth to power, of decrying our sins with a call to better ourselves - out of love for humanity and out of reverance for the truth that can not be bought or conquered. With a precocious sense of irony and youthful optimism, Marino portrays the vulgarity of today's culture from a perspective that is at the same time both jaded and poignant. What Is The Meaning Of Life is sure to hit home with any thoughtful reader."