"Poetry.  THE RIOT ACT, a new book of poetry and prose by Geoffrey Young. Handsomely designed, and with a cover painting by Eric Fischl, is divided into three sections.  Lyric wit, sober narrative, impatient critique and generous insight flow through the course of this book's 106 pages like a broken-field runner on a lop-sided playing field.  Perfect bound, in an edition of 1000 copies, each copy is exactly the same as its neighbor in the box. Comprised of "Why I Don't Write Novels" (34 faux sonnets), "Conversion" (short prose), and "Up the Wazoo" (occasional poems), THE RIOT ACT continues this writer's compelling engagement with language, history, and personal life in a range of forms, inviting each reader to take refuge in freshly conceived spaces, between the lines.