"All Rise" contains poems and short stories that first appeared in some of the most widely-read avant-garde publications in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France, and Brazil. The collection includes the prizewinning stories "Crawl Space" and "Promised Land" along with graphic poems that have been displayed in public art spaces. In these stories and poems the author brings to the page a voice that is contrarian and erotic; but also generous toward people and life in America's 21st century. "Updike on acid" says author Diane Lefer.