We are thrilled to announce the long-awaited publication of John G. Hall's Poems for Explosion in February 2015. This book features 60 pages of Hall's best poems, illlustrated
by Becky Mackay, and is available for a mere $10 US from Crisis Chronicles Press, 535 Parkside Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44143 USA.
Jack Hirschman says of Poems for Explosion, "These are 'letter rip' poems by
a very conscious British poet who is forever breaking the chokehold
that Willie Shakespeare has bent around the neck of that island. Hall
really wants to include everything and everybody - he unloads personal
and political contradictions with an organized spontaneity that is
refreshing and millennial, and his urgencies are upbeat and rooted in a
totalizing expressivity."
Gerry Potter says, "Powerhouse
tenderness and lyrical agility bind together John's remarkable use of
language to give work of lasting worth and historical accuracy. John G.
Hall is poet first and foremost and a 20th-21st century documenter
second to none. In a world of increasing unfairness we need work of this
richness and colour to keep us sane."
Foreword by Sue Fox. Cover image by Charlotte Henson. 6x9" paperback. Edited by John Burroughs. ISBN: 9781940996141.
To read "Poetry of protest: why Manchester's John G. Hall strikes a chord across the Atlantic" by Judy Gordon, click here.
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John G. Hall is a Manchester (UK) poet who has served as the editor of
Citizen32 and the host of Beatification. His previous books include The Drowning Fish, Bang! and Spleen.
Attend the official book release of Poems for Explosion and meet John G. Hall on 8 April 2015 at the Sandbar, 120 Grovenor Street, Manchester, United Kingdom.