Lyric Poetry After Auschwitz: Eleven Submissions to the War
by Kent Johnson
7x8, 44 pages
saddle-stitched
no isbn
$7.00
printed in an edition of 400
July, 2005
Temporarily Out of Print
I think "Lyric Poetry after Auschwitz" is by far the most relevant poem for/in/about this War… It is a poem for our time. - Ethan Paquin
Like the Jews, if Kent Johnson didn’t exist, someone would have to
invent him. His mind leaks nomads...
- Alan Sondheim
This collection finds Johnson representing our fiendish blind spots,
the nature of those far cries of human murderousness alongside
the fragility of identity and dignity, wielding homeopathically this
seemingly bottomless, merciless virulence, this miasma, in the
hope of helping to replenish the means of our deliverance.
- Lissa Wolsak
Finally, a gringo poet ready to offend all takers, even while
defending the likes of me. Many of these poems push you off the
long chow line of mutual admiration, asking where you stand right
now. Walk in at your own risk: Kent Johnson takes no prisoners.
- Ammiel Alcalay