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&Luckier (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781885635518)
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xPublished by the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University
Mountain West Poetry Series In his first collection of poems, &luckier, Christopher J Johnson explores the depths to which we can know our most intimate friends, habits, and--even more so--selves. From a mosaic of coffee cups, dinner engagements, razors, walks around his city, and the wider realm of nature, the poet continually asks to what degree our lives can be understood, our joys engaged with, and our sorrows mitigated. In a voice that is at once contemporary and yet almost primal, these poems seek an affinity with the natural world, the passing of history, and the deepness and breadth of ancestry; they do not question the mystery of life but ask rather how we have become separated from and might return to a more aware place within the frame of it. These are poems rich with metaphor and music but also direct in their voice. Johnson exhibits a poetic tradition that--rather than employing academic allusions and direct personal statements--remains elusive in its use of the poetic "I." The reader is never certain if they are reading about the poet, their friends, or themselves.
Author: Christopher J. Johnson
ISBN-10: 1885635516
ISBN-13: 9781885635518
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2016
Pages: 76
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.30w x 0.30d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/06/2017
Mountain West Poetry Series In his first collection of poems, &luckier, Christopher J Johnson explores the depths to which we can know our most intimate friends, habits, and--even more so--selves. From a mosaic of coffee cups, dinner engagements, razors, walks around his city, and the wider realm of nature, the poet continually asks to what degree our lives can be understood, our joys engaged with, and our sorrows mitigated. In a voice that is at once contemporary and yet almost primal, these poems seek an affinity with the natural world, the passing of history, and the deepness and breadth of ancestry; they do not question the mystery of life but ask rather how we have become separated from and might return to a more aware place within the frame of it. These are poems rich with metaphor and music but also direct in their voice. Johnson exhibits a poetic tradition that--rather than employing academic allusions and direct personal statements--remains elusive in its use of the poetic "I." The reader is never certain if they are reading about the poet, their friends, or themselves.
Author: Christopher J. Johnson
ISBN-10: 1885635516
ISBN-13: 9781885635518
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2016
Pages: 76
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.30w x 0.30d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/06/2017
By Christopher J. Johnson
xChristopher J Johnson lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he provides narrative content and live performances for the Meow Wolf art collective's immersive 3D art installations. He also writes for and is manager of photo-eye Bookstore and is a book critic for the CFile Foundation. His poems have appeared in West Branch and The American Poetry Review. He is from Madison, Wisconsin.
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