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OverviewBefore heaven will suffice, I go listening for a word, Its oily meat, its newborn orbit. Come with me, now. --From ""Inside Hell's Kitchen"" As the son of a sailor who grew up on Lake Erie, J.P. White is given to sudden violent storms and rough water that test and shape a man's grasp on the living. No matter how far his poems travel--Russia, Bermuda, Italy, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Mexico, France, New York City, Africa--water is never far from the elemental current that feeds them. As such, his poems are brightly lit with a searching out of islands, distant cities, and those thin places where the truth of our wounds and our wonder shine through. The new poems in All Good Water speak convincingly about the death of friends and family, the renewal of marriage, lost shoes, abandoned children, and failed boats, as well as larger troubles in the torn fabric of America and our historic obsessions with expansion and blood purity. In the last thirty-five years, J.P. White has published essays, articles, fiction, reviews, interviews, and poetry in over a hundred publications, including The Nation, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Gettysburg Review, The American Poetry Review, and Poetry. He is a graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida; Colorado State University; and the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He is the author of four books of poems and the novel Every Boat Turns South. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J P WhitePublisher: Holy Cow Press Imprint: Holy Cow Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.177kg ISBN: 9780982354537ISBN 10: 0982354533 Pages: 88 Publication Date: 28 September 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews-(These) poems speak convincingly about the death of friends and family, the renewal of marriage, lost shoes, abandoned children and failed boats.---Mary Ann Grossmann, Saint Paul Pioneer Press (These) poems speak convincingly about the death of friends and family, the renewal of marriage, lost shoes, abandoned children and failed boats. --Mary Ann Grossmann, Saint Paul Pioneer Press Author InformationIn the last 30 years, J.P. White has published essays, articles, fiction, reviews, interviews and poetry in over 100 publications including The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Gettysburg Review, American Poetry Review, and Poetry (Chicago). He is a graduate of New College in Sarasota, Florida, Colorado State University and Vermont College. He is the author of four books of poems and a new novel ""Every Boat Turns South."" He lives with his family in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |