Gaffer Valerie Taylor whether or not you're a

whether or not you're a survivor

and engaging humor

"Post" sets the stage for a dance of authenticity under the pressures of the digital spotlight

I'm prescribing a preorder to anyone who has ever felt lost

on a raging search for kicks

Gaffer Valerie Taylor whether or not you're aLight is the preoccupation, vocation, and language of the GAFFER, the debut collection of poems by Celeste Gainey, the first woman gaffer to be admitted to the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the preeminent craft union in the motion picture industry. These poems vividly depict the gaffer's terrain from the set of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, to Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon and The Wiz, to a lighting session with