"Blunt, hilarious, and heartfelt, Tim Stafford's debut collection is a knock-out--a sweet, sober, and hard-won lesson on staying authentic." --Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, author of Dr. Mutter's Marvels "This collection riots with narrative and coming of age in a laugh and music-filled tour of Chicago." --Peter Kahn, author of Little Kings "Tim Stafford's poems hit you like a punch in the arm from a best friend, simultaneously violent and funny." --Joaquín Zihuatanejo, author of Arsonist "While I was never a young punk growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, reading Tim Stafford's Patron Saint brought many smiles to my face, returning me to the sweetness of the open-heartedness of it all, of what the world can offer us, small as we may have been." --Anis Mojgani, Oregon Poet Laureate.