John Wilkinson

Ghost Nets is the first US collection by John Wilkinson. Ranging from brief lyrics to elaborately structured long poems, the collection displays the intense musicality, syntactical intricacy, and affective power characteristic of his poetry. The political, social, and economic crises of the period in the US shape Wilkinson's writing in new ways, making it more vulnerable and more evidently responsive...

An iconic work of Western art, Fragonard’s L’escarpolette, or The Swing, is often reproduced, and its famous foreground image of a young woman losing her slipper mid-swing is widely familiar. In Reckitt’s Blue, John Wilkinson explores that well-known scene in a sequence of poems that engages with the image of the flying slipper. Though born out of visual encounters with...

To mitigate climate, biodiversity, and public health crises, the global agrifood system needs radical change. The Global North remains central to agrifood innovation, but new players in the South, especially Brazil and China, will increasingly determine its pace and direction. Investigating climate-controlled agriculture and alternatives to animal proteins, John Wilkinson shows that trade, investment, and innovation in agrifood is reorienting...