Halos of Debris

Author: Darrell Gray

Publisher: Poltroon Press (1984)

These 58 poems by Darrell Gray constitute the last collection by the founder of the Actualist Movement in Iowa City. Gray was a solitary voice in American poetry until his tragic death in 1986. Handset in Sabon type, and printed letterpress in two colors on Mohawk Superfine text, this lovely tribute to the hilarious and spontaneous combustion of words is a fitting remembrance of the man who invented “Mental Floss,” and wrote “Rooting for the Mutants.”