Cold Genius

Cold Genius

<div><p>The United Fruit Company during the Cold War; two myths about the discovery of laughter. Tender love lyrics in a domestic setting; vows of love are exchanged. An extended verse essay on tickling. Like Antonin Scalia, this book believes in the devil. The human soul figures.</P><p><i>History is the soft medium into which you cut; love "is the" instrument that cuts. "Love is the" drill.<br>"Love" "cuts" to "the" depth of "the" jokes, "which" flow out. Puns "flow out" gaily from "the" wound made by "love."</i></P><p><b>Aaron Kunin</b> is author of two previous collections, and a professor at Pomona College.</div>