Here’s a sneaky little unrevealing preview of a book cover design I’ve been working on for New York City poet Ryan Buynak’s next collection of works. It’s pretty much wrapped up now and I’m pretty excited about it — it’s something a little different than the norm and was really fun to work on. I’ll post the final design when it’s ready to hit bookstore shelves.
Be sure to check out Mr. Buynak’s previous book (I’ve read it a few times myself), Yo Quiero Mas Sangre, available at Amazon HERE. You can also find it at other places, too. Check out www.ryanbuynak.com for more information, samples of his poetry, and other musings. And after you do that, go subscribe to his blog here: http://coyoteblood.blogspot.com/. And do not leave without watching this video:
There’s this line from Kerouac’s On The Road that comes to my mind when I read Ryan’s work – I would gather this aptly describes him:
“[…] the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars […]”