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Ghost Nets

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Ghost Nets is the first US collection by John Wilkinson, featuring a diverse range of poems from brief lyrics to elaborately structured long works. The collection demonstrates Wilkinson's signature intense musicality and syntactical intricacy, while exploring themes shaped by political, social, and economic crises in the US. His poetry reveals a new vulnerability and responsiveness to others' suffering.
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The first US collection of the acclaimed British poet

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

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 to others' vulnerability.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781632430267

Publisher: Omnidawn Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 November 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Omnidawn Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 104

About the Author

JOHN WILKINSON is a British poet who has had two distinct careers, in mental health services in the UK as a nurse, social worker, and policy maker, and subsequently as a university teacher in the US where he now chairs Creative Writing and Poetics at the University of Chicago. In historical, critical and reference works, John Wilkinson s writing has come to be treated as a major force in recent British poetry.

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