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I Married the Icepick Killer
- Author
- Carol Muske-Dukes
- Narrator
- Hope
- Publisher
- Open Road Media
- Publish Date
- 30 July 2026
- Run Time
- 4 hours 52 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Essays, Biography: writers
What to expect
A vibrant and insightful essay collection about life as a poet in Southern California
This audiobook is narrated using advanced digital voice technology for clear, natural-sounding storytelling.
Poetry and Hollywood may not seem compatible in anyone's book. But acclaimed poet, novelist, and critic Carol Muske-Dukes finds common ground for both in meditations on movie sets and metaphors, on the big screen and the luminous focus of a haiku.
I Married the Icepick Killer offers the reader ways to reimagine the Imagination itself. Former California Poet Laureate Muske-Dukes explores Southern California's unexpected poetry, from Emily Dickinson on freeway billboards to poet-script doctors rewriting action-flick dialogue. Moving personal essays recount the story of Muske-Dukes's romance with her late husband, actor David Coleman Dukes, whom she met in Italy and relocated with in Los Angeles. Muske-Dukes sharpens her astute gaze as she addresses contradictions and convergences between belle lettres and the ever-surprising City of Angels.
Originally published as
Married to the Icepick Killer.
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Details
- Author
- Carol Muske-Dukes
- Narrator
- Hope
- Duration
- 4 hours 52 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 July 2026
- ISBN
- 9798337212548
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Open Road Media
- Genre
- Essays, Biography: writers
Synopsis
A vibrant and insightful essay collection about life as a poet in Southern California This audiobook is narrated using advanced digital voice technology for clear, natural-sounding storytelling. Poetry and Hollywood may not seem compatible in anyone's book. But acclaimed poet, novelist, and critic Carol Muske-Dukes finds common ground for both in meditations on movie sets and metaphors, on the big screen and the luminous focus of a haiku. I Married the Icepick Killer offers the reader ways to reimagine the Imagination itself. Former California Poet Laureate Muske-Dukes explores Southern California's unexpected poetry, from Emily Dickinson on freeway billboards to poet-script doctors rewriting action-flick dialogue. Moving personal essays recount the story of Muske-Dukes's romance with her late husband, actor David Coleman Dukes, whom she met in Italy and relocated with in Los Angeles. Muske-Dukes sharpens her astute gaze as she addresses contradictions and convergences between belle lettres and the ever-surprising City of Angels. Originally published as Married to the Icepick Killer.
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