Justin Grimbol Books

This book is about Vermont, anxiety, working and marriage.

The poems in this collection challenge conventions and societal norms, showcasing a bold and irreverent voice. With a focus on taboo subjects like pubic hair and stretch marks, they confront political correctness head-on. The imagery of the poems attending a banquet, behaving disruptively, symbolizes their defiance and uninvited presence in traditional literary spaces. This work invites readers to explore themes of authenticity and rebellion against societal expectations.

Eddie Grimboli navigates the challenges of marriage, winter, and his own body image while grappling with the complexities of family dynamics. His unique perspective leads him to discover a peculiar magic in his surroundings, hinting at revelations about his future. This narrative embraces themes of imperfection, exploring the intersections of love, grief, and vulnerability, all while celebrating the beauty in life's messiness.

This book is about a town called Sag Harbor on the east end of Long Island. This book is also about drinking, tall bros, curvy girlfriends, and driving 95 miles per hour on the way home.

This book has stories. The stories are about friendship. They are about turtles and beached whales and demonic GPS systems and making out . . . hard.

The protagonist, known as Buttcrack, is a thirty-something man trying to navigate high school life, where he faces ridicule from younger peers. Seeking acceptance, he attempts to buy beer for a party but encounters a series of setbacks, including losing his wallet and being denied service without an ID. Complicating matters, he faces harassment from a group of rednecks and finds himself abandoned by his girlfriend. Undeterred, Buttcrack is resolute in his quest to join the teenage party scene, showcasing his determination against the odds.

This beer soaked, degenerate coming of age story follows the day-to-day trials in the darkly hysterical world of Grimboli, a chronically unemployed nobody who moves listlessly among a group of young adults from the wrong side of the tracks to an endless litany of pathetic and crazed women, bums, drunks, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls. Littered with psychic debris, self-loathing, and everything else Grimboli can find to take his mind off his completely unfulfilling life.

Justin Grimbol returns with a book of dialogue poems as hilarious as they are heartfelt.

This book is about Upstate New York and marriage.

Through a poignant exploration of loss, Justin Grimbol's collection of short poems reflects on the intertwined grief of losing his mother and his minivan. The sacred and profane themes of love, loneliness, death, and forgiveness unfold as Grimbol travels through small towns on the eastern seaboard, seeking redemption and the perfect cup of coffee. His journey captures the complexities of manhood and evokes a range of emotions, offering readers both laughter and introspection about their own experiences with love and loss.