Poetry
Dog Ear
- Publisher
- Véhicule Press, “Signal Editions” series
- Published
- April 15, 2014
- Pages
- 78
- Price
- $16.00
- ISBN
- 9781550653748
- Language
- English
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Like the “page turned down to make another / page,” Dog Ear explores the marks we leave on a world whose social and political markers are constantly shifting. In his fourth book of poems—and most powerful work to date—Jim Johnstone establishes himself as an exquisite observer of decay, both physical and spiritual. This is a universe where man resembles “the final / generation of a species branching / towards an in-between.” Johnstone’s poetry blurs past and present, private and public in a kinetic style marked by weird semi-narratives, defamiliarizing close-ups and raw self-examinations.
Reviews
Previous praise for Jim Johnstone:
“There is a lot to admire in Patternicity: musicality, intelligence, toughness, tensile juxtapositions of rational enquiry and lyrical tenderness.”—Arc Poetry Magazine
“Johnstone’s poems are entertaining, erotic, and dangerous, and at times brute in their clean, heart-wrenching details.”—Mansfield Review
“Johnstone simply does not miss opportunities to drive home his music, to exploit each vowel’s potential to ring and electrify its neighbours.”—Maple Tree Literary Supplement
Description from the publisher Véhicule Press, seen in October 2026 · Source ↗
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Infinity Network Jim Johnstone
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The Chemical Life Jim Johnstone
From Véhicule Press
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We Drove All Day for This Bruce Taylor
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Qaf’s People Sadiqa de Meijer
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My Summer Vacation Zeenat Nagree
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Cannibal Rats Richard Greene
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Morgan’s Castle Jan Hilliard
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How to Move On Joel Yanofsky
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Private Number David Homel
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Fan Mail Jason Guriel
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The Inferno Dante Alighieri
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Quietly, Loving Everyone Curtis John McRae
