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My Dead
One doesn’t read this book; one experiences it. My Dead is not a group of poems paired with art. This is poetry and art dancing together, responding to each other, magnifying, redirecting, and expanding that vitality. This book is a roadmap for artists to return to the life-force that feeds, torments, and energizes us. I cannot engage with this book without being reminded that I am not alone as an artist. I am in community with seekers, feelers, wild ponderers, and generations of kindred who kneel at the altar of the goddess we call art. Come to this book when your knees are bloody and sore. Come remember why you knelt in the first place. Come and be reminded that it was never solo worship; it has always been a love affair.
—Roxan McDonald, Award-Winning Author and Social Media Influencer @spiritual_af
John Brantingham’s ability to convey the essence of his characters is unparalleled . . . What a joy to read his words. He is one of my favorite writers. One of the very best working today.
—Grant Hier, Inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of Anaheim and Winner of Prize Americana
Jane Edberg’s art in My Dead, with poems by John Brantingham, demonstrates an incredible ability to bring together ephemera, words, and visual art. The clarity and symbolism that are illustrated in her beautiful images truly gives the reader an opening into another world. It is a fabulous experience.
—John Natsoulas, Owner and Director of John Natsoulas Gallery & Center for the Arts
In an age of superficiality, mediocrity, and sound-cliches, John Brantingham is a genuine throwback to when Men of Letters roamed the literary prairies. His creative and intellectual emanations brim with his enthusiasms, his versatility, and the depths of spirituality and social conscience at the core of his soul. There is no one of whom I could speak more highly, as a writer and as a person.
—Gerald Locklin, Author of The Missing Blue Volkswagen
—Roxan McDonald, Award-Winning Author and Social Media Influencer @spiritual_af
John Brantingham’s ability to convey the essence of his characters is unparalleled . . . What a joy to read his words. He is one of my favorite writers. One of the very best working today.
—Grant Hier, Inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of Anaheim and Winner of Prize Americana
Jane Edberg’s art in My Dead, with poems by John Brantingham, demonstrates an incredible ability to bring together ephemera, words, and visual art. The clarity and symbolism that are illustrated in her beautiful images truly gives the reader an opening into another world. It is a fabulous experience.
—John Natsoulas, Owner and Director of John Natsoulas Gallery & Center for the Arts
In an age of superficiality, mediocrity, and sound-cliches, John Brantingham is a genuine throwback to when Men of Letters roamed the literary prairies. His creative and intellectual emanations brim with his enthusiasms, his versatility, and the depths of spirituality and social conscience at the core of his soul. There is no one of whom I could speak more highly, as a writer and as a person.
—Gerald Locklin, Author of The Missing Blue Volkswagen
56 pages, Paperback
Published September 19, 2023
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