Written in his unique phonetic language, bill bissett's second novel-poem, hungree throat, recounts the relationship of two men--one bold and unafraid, the other burdened by terrible memories and unable to trust. We witness ten years of a shared life marked by hunger "4 breething being singing eeting digesting speeking saying food kissing watr love." bill bissett's charged readings, which never fail to amaze his audiences, incorporate sound poetry, chanting, and singing, the verve of which is only matched by his prolific writing career--over seventy books of bissett's cutting-edge poetry and fiction have been published to date.