{"product_id":"dragons-poems-devin-johnston","title":"Dragons: Poems;  Devin Johnston","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDragons is a collection of sonorous, sensual poems from Devin Johnston, “one of the finest craftsmen of verse we have” (Michael Autrey, Booklist ). Attentive to both the physical world and our place in it, his arresting images of nature and human life ring with quiet power. An elegy for a ten-year-old hen; a fourth grader seeing a fox, his “fur waistcoat immaculate”; the sound of neighbors arguing set against the “pallid flames” of the setting together, such scenes form a resonant, restrained meditation on life’s journey and “the feeling of time.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarch 13, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--medium TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eBorn in Canton, New York, Devin Johnston grew up in Winston-Salem and received his PhD from the University of Chicago. He is the author of several collections of poetry, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFar-Fetched\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2015),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSources\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2008), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAversions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2004), and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelepathy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2001). His prose writing includes the critical study\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrecipitations: Contemporary American Poetry as Occult Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2002) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreaturely and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2009). A former poetry editor for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 1995-2000, Johnston co-founded and co-edits Flood Editions with Michael O’Leary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe lives in St. Louis and teaches at Saint Louis University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612225605954,"sku":"","price":7.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/dragons.jpg?v=1747669324","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/dragons-poems-devin-johnston","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}