Mosses and Lichens: Poems by Devin Johnston (English) Paperback Book

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A new collection from the author of Traveler

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Not days of angerbut days of mild congestion,infants of inconstant sorrow,days of foam in gutters,blossoms and snowmingling where they fall,a spring of cold profusion.If a rolling stone gathers no moss, the poems in Devin Johnston's Mosses and Lichens attend to what accretes over time, as well as to what erodes. They often take place in the middle of life's journey, at the edge of the woods, at the boundary of human community and wild spaces. Following Ovid, they are poems of subtle transformation and transfer. They draw on early blues and rivers, on ironies and uncertainties, guided by enigmatic signals: "an orange blaze that marks no trail." From image to image, they render fleeting experiences with etched precision. As Ange Mlinko has observed, "Each poem holds in balance a lapidary concision and utter lushness of vowel-work," forming a distinctive music.

Author Biography

Born in 1970, Devin Johnston spent his childhood in North Carolina. He is the author of five previous books of poetry and two books of prose, including Creaturely and Other Essays. He works for Flood Editions, an independent publishing house, and teaches at Saint Louis University in Missouri.

Review

Named one of the best poetry books of 2019 by The New York Times Book Review "Johnston's seventh book, like his previous collections, is quiet, emotionally reserved and a marvel of technical prowess . . . Johnston's poetry is admirable as much for its classical poise as for the tremors that both undermine and bolster that poise." --David Orr, The New York Times Book Review "Attentive to the physical world and intricately wrought, Devin Johnston's Mosses and Lichens shows a poet of fine-grained discrimination. If intentionally less lush, the play of assonance and consonance (often in iambs) is as striking yet subtle as that of Keats or Heaney." --Scott Bartley, Literary Matters

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A new collection from the author of Traveler

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Named one of the best poetry books of 2019 by The New York Times Book Review " Johnston's seventh book, like his previous collections, is quiet, emotionally reserved and a marvel of technical prowess . . . Johnston's poetry is admirable as much for its classical poise as for the tremors that both undermine and bolster that poise." --David Orr, The New York Times Book Review "Attentive to the physical world and intricately wrought, Devin Johnston's Mosses and Lichens shows a poet of fine-grained discrimination. If intentionally less lush, the play of assonance and consonance (often in iambs) is as striking yet subtle as that of Keats or Heaney." --Scott Bartley, Literary Matters

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A new collection from the author of Traveler

Details ISBN0374538956 Author Devin Johnston Pages 96 Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Year 2020 ISBN-10 0374538956 ISBN-13 9780374538958 Format Paperback Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Subtitle Poems Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 811.6 Short Title Mosses and Lichens Language English Publication Date 2020-07-28 US Release Date 2020-07-28 UK Release Date 2020-07-28 Audience General AU Release Date 2020-10-15 NZ Release Date 2020-10-15 We've got this

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