Jon Loomis's new collection of poems visits big subjects by way of the commonplace. While The Pleasure Principle is full of surprises, both narrative and metaphoric, it is more than anything a humane and thoughtful exploration of the human condition: passion, mortality, cross-dressing, time, tourism, art, the shifty nature of reality, and, always considered in Loomis's work, the unknowable absolute.
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Jon Loomis is also the author of Vanitas Motel, winner of the first annual FIELD Poetry Prize, also available from Oberlin College Press.
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Jon Loomis is the author of two critically acclaimed mystery novels set in Provincetown, Massachusetts (HIGH SEASON, 2007, and MATING SEASON, 2009, both from St. Martin's/Minotaur). He is also the author of two books of poetry, THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE (Oberlin College Press/FIELD Editions, 2001) and VANITAS MOTEL (Oberlin College Press, 1998), which won the 1997 FIELD prize for poetry. Loomis has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including two Writing Fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and the Halls Fellowship in poetry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He teaches English and creative writing in west-central Wisconsin, where he lives with his wife and family.
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Pleasure Indeed!,
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Now that we have a Laureate with a sense of humor, maybe we can begin to sharpen our appreciation for the poets among us who know how to laugh - at themselves, at the rest of us, at the whole blazing sideshow of what our world has come to. Jon Loomis, in this book and his previous (Vanitas Motel) is one of the best: a sharp eye and ear, an ability to tell hilarious and painful stories, an unerring integrity that is all too rare in po-biz these days. If you, like me, have fallen asleep over the likes of Jorie Graham and Robert Pinksy, you'll welcome the verve, wit, and penetrating insights of Loomis' wonderful new book.
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