The Inertia Variations - updated. An epic and ever-expanding poetic cycle on the subject of work-avoidance, indolence and failure.
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After graduating from London's worst art school in the mid-'80s, John Tottenham moved to the United States, where he has resided ever since, mostly toiling upon the lower slopes of journalism. After many years of resistance, he finally sold out to the lucrative, fast-paced world of poetry. He is the author of one book, The Inertia Variations, an epic and ever-expanding poetic cycle on the subject of work-avoidance, failure and indolence. A multi-media interpretation of this work is currently being produced by the musician Matt Johnson (otherwise known as The The).
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By B. Mernit
Format:Paperback
I had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Tottenham declaim a selection of these mordant little gems at a reading last week, and became an immediate fan for life. I don't think anyone else has ever written such a book; I don't see how anyone else could, would, or should, and the thing is... (pause for a long stare into space)... it's such a unique accomplishment: perfectly crafted poems about the impossibility of perfection - a creation that's about nothing but the inability to create anything - poems of rare distinction re: a wholly mundane matter. It's enough to make one's head spin, in a Zen sort of way. And whenever I read a few of these - too many at a time may promote weeping - I want to laugh like Keith Moon did: AH-HAHAHAHAHAHA!
By Art Fein
Format:Paperback
Tottenham's adopted character who cannot rationalize getting out of his chair is very funny and a part of all of us, at least those of us riddled with ennui or plagued with indecision. It has to be a character because the character described wouldn't have had the ambition to write a book. Short poems, dripping with witty truth or truthy wit, I don't know which. I've never seen anything like it, but then I rarely make the effort to find anything new. If you've never had the energy to read a book, this might be the one for you.
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By Kelly Poe
Format:Paperback
a concise, clear and throughly honest look at doing nothing. the moments when dust in the air is an epiphany and the smell from a passing fire truck is more alarming then the siren. i admit to personally having known the poet in an earlier time and the sage has stayed true to his sad sack self. god i love and miss the man...johnny call the gallery... miss you....j poe
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