From Delancey West by Brian Jackson

“Here the lover, the vet, the tenement dweller, pedestrian and poet comingle in half-light, in phantasmagoria and lush musicality alive and singing the names of the gone world. Brian Jackson has taken the time to give us his first book, a loving book born of magic and gem-like attention.”

~Peter Gizzi

“These poems meditate on distance. They mark unexpected moments in which the past bleeds through the present, attending to forgotten corners, populated by survivors. They weigh the particular, hard-won resonance of a place name or a spoken phrase. Sometimes mournful, sometimes brusque, they draw deep inspiration from Beats and urbane modernists in equal measure. They are finely heard and fully felt—wistful, ironic, and humane.”

~Devin Johnston

“Whether he’s driving a cab in Manhattan, or watching the Home Dance of the Hopi, or remembering a family farm in Iowa, Brian Jackson has an eye for details that light up a poem. This book takes readers deep into post-industrial, post-Modern America to illuminate places of startling beauty and of heartbreaking loss. Giving Jackson’s work a magical quality are the poets, artists, and deities who regularly show up in his poems— not as academic references but as companions and allies in the journey. This is a very fine first book of poems by an American author.”

~John Knoepfle

“Brian Jackson’s poems are rich in variety. Erudite yet accessible, they contain telling references to art, music, mythology, and poets from the earliest to the most recent. Some are a flash of insight, a glimpse through a train window. This collection will repay repeated readings with increased nuance, mood, color and depth. They touch the chords of our human experience.”

~Jacqueline Jackson

Book Information:

· Paperback: 100 pages

· Binding: Perfect-Bound

· Publisher: BlazeVOX [books] 

· ISBN: 978-1-60964-098-9

$16

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