Sources (Paperback)

~ Devin Johnston (Author)

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“Sparkling with energy and intelligence, these poems are like chips in a mosaic, spare, hard, precise, and with a classic humanity and grace.”—David Malouf

“The poems are exquisite and comprehensive. Their music and surface beauty invite intense scrutiny, asking us to look deeper and better—at the objects they describe, but more importantly at the resources and effects of description itself.”—The Chicago Review

Sources, Devin Johnston’s third book of poetry, returns ad fontes: to sources in Greek and Latin, secret derivations, wellsprings of feeling, and forces of nature. Sonically alert, these poems attend to the world with restless curiosity.

Born in 1970, Devin Johnston, author of two previous books of poetry and a book of criticism, currently lives in St. Louis. He teaches at Saint Louis University and directs Flood Editions, an independent publisher of poetry.

About the Author

Devin Johnston was born in 1970 and spent his early years in the piedmont of North Carolina. He has lived in Chicago where he was poetry editor for Chicago Review. He is the author of two previous books of poetry, Aversions and Telepathy, and was named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Sources (TPP, 2008).

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Turtle Point Press (September 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933527161
• ISBN-13: 978-1933527161
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #477,715 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Oracular - Best Sense, August 28, 2008

By	R. G. Webb (topeka, ks USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Devin Johnston has written an extraordinary third collection of poems. He coaxes magical voices from the edges of perception, particles of knowledge from the flight of birds and the presence of ghosts. While oracular voices are often thought enigmatic, the poems in Sources are filled with deft detail and indelible language. Johnston utilizes a wide variety of stratagems and styles and even reanimates a few poets of the near and distant past with agility and surprising effect. I know I will be revisiting the mysteries revealed here far into my future.