Slipping Under Diamond Light

by Christopher Locke, Donna Oehmig (Illustrator)

This collection of poetry has been letterpress printed from handset type and the pages sewn by hand, as well. The books' five illustrations, by artist Donna Oehmig, have been silk-screen printed by hand. This book has been produced in the same manner as a book would have been 120 years ago.

38 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2002

About the author

Christopher Locke (b. 1968) is the Nonfiction Editor at Slice magazine in Brooklyn. His essays and poems have appeared many magazines. Locke has five collections of poetry published: How to Burn (Adastra Press—1995), Slipping Under Diamond Light (Clamp Down Press—2002) Possessed (Main Street Rag—2005), End of American Magic (Salmon Poetry—2010), and Waiting for Grace & Other Poems (2013—Turning Point). His collection of essays and poems detailing his travels through Mexico and Central America, Ordinary Gods, is forthcoming with Salmon in 2017.

Locke has received over a dozen grants, fellowships, and awards for his poetry including two Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Awards, state grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, a Fellowship from Fundacion Valparaiso, (Spain), and three Pushcart Prize nominations.

Reviews

[Molly ripa · Rating 3 out of 5]

In The Deep, pg 19

[Matthew Gallant]

Chris Locke used to live in NH. He came to a little poetry reading with some of his students. After reading one poem in the open mike, we were suspicious and did our research. Turns out he's already done everything we are trying to do. So he is/was an invaluable resource. Then he moved to Florida. It's okay, though. I love a challenge.