InDeepfakeSerenade,ChrisBanks’ssixthpoetrycollection,irreverentcharm,emotionaldistanceandsurprisinghottakesleapoffeverypage.Hewritesinthetitlepoem,“Insideeveryoneofusisadeepfake.Aholyghost,“suggestingpeoplehaveachoicetofeeleitherlikesadimpostersor,ifthey’rebrave,likesurvivorsstaringdownaworldbothutterlyfamiliarandstrange.Thesepoems,sometimesnarrative,sometimessurreal,oscillatebetweenthesetwoextremesastheyconfrontmiddleage,newlove,renewedoptimismandmemories,allwithBanks’ssignaturewitandinventiveness.Thiscollectionisforanyonewhohaseverwishedtowear“ahaloofknowing,“ortobe“thesparksflying“whenouterphenomenaandinnerimpulsescollide.“Earnyourrewards,“Bankswritesinonepoem,andwedo,witheveryturnofthepage.
