By Steve Flairty

NKyTribune columnist

As much as I enjoy reading a book about Kentucky or one authored by a Kentuckian, I enjoy sharing what I read almost as much. So here is another of those columns I’ll dedicate to what I’ve read recently or am currently reading. I intend these two book mentions as synopses, rather than reviews — those that might tease your interest, especially if you like reading about subjects with a Kentucky connection.

I’m not a huge poetry reader, but Erlanger native, current Edgewood resident, R.L. Barth’s collection of brief poems, That Mad Game: New Vietnam War Poems (Scienter Press, Louisville, 2025), is one that resonates enough for me to take time to absorb.

The collection is only 56 pages, but the brevity should not hide the powerfulness of his words.

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