Rainbow Road - Paperback

by Scott Laudati (Author)

Rainbow Road is the fourth book of poetry by Scott Laudati.

"Intensely readable and relatable, Laudati manages to reach out to anyone who has felt disengaged and apathetic, and his work is tinged with hope. The poems have a universal resonance not exclusive to New York or America, for that matter. Beautifully executed, this work is indicative of a promising and prolific career for Scott Laudati." - Jack Ashworth (The Mancunion, University Of Manchester, UK)

"RAINBOW ROAD reads with the ensemble momentum of a concept album, building nuance and depth via cross-reference and consistency of tone rather than through complexity at line level. Between the suburbs and the city, and all that they stand for in Laudati's oeuvre, there is the ever-present fear not of age itself, but of fading away rather than burning out (that the collection features a poem entitled 'Mick and Keith' suggests the reference). That fear informs the collection, is indeed its central theme, whether embodied by its gut-spreading midlifers or the beautiful youth of the depicted urbanites. Escaping mundanity is a mindset, the subtext whispers, and may just as easily achieved (or not) in those maligned suburbs as in the sensation-packed skyscrapers of NYC." - Sean Keenan (Trebuchet Magazine)

"The theme seems to be connected to remaining innocent, a will to preserve it, and a fear of losing it." - Elena Pollack (Albany Student Press)