Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Last Rap

Last Rap

Robert, Charlie

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $12.99

ISBN10: 2488256188
ISBN13: 9782488256186
Publisher: Opiate Books
Published: Mar 8 2026
Pages: 78
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.20 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In this unexpected and highly-tailored-in-theme collection of poetry, Charlie Robert takes the notion of what an elegy can be and turns it on its ear. Homing in on over forty varied legends across history and specialization, Robert finds humor and, yes, even joy in the concept of death.

Of course, not everyone gets that slant. Some deaths, after all, are impossible to spin into a celebration of life (take, for example, Topsy the Elephant). Even so, what Robert achieves here with his debut is nothing short of a defiant coup (words Marie Antoinette is never fond of hearing) against Death, as he dances around it with words and wit that dare the reader not to crack a smile. And, yes, there are even a few unlikely subjects that Robert manages to eulogize as well (here's looking at you, Pluto-the erstwhile planet, not the cartoon dog).

Also in

General Poetry

View All