Sources

By Devin Johnston

"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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933527161
• ISBN13: 9781933527161
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Turtle Point Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.8"