A Cartographer

by Antonio J. Hopson

A heart can take you anywhere. "A Cartographer," is a collection of new and beloved poems from poet Antonio J. Hopson, who captured hearts and minds in 2016 with his book Seven, which spent ten weeks at #1 on Amazon’s “Love Poems” bestsellers list. A Cartographer is a glimpse into the life that soon emerges after a fire has swept through a forest. With honesty, poignancy, and romantic flare, A Cartographer captures what is both raw and relatable about the greenery that grows out of the the smallest and grandest moments in life, the first glimpse of a new love, panda hatred, late night dancing to punk rock music, the love and nepenthe of whiskey, stars, machismo and its failings, and the adventure and exuberance of mapping the human heart. Antonio J. Hopson walks with the reader--hand-in-hand-- through some of life’s exhilarating highs and heartbreaking lows.

103 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 17, 2018

About the author

Antonio (AJ) Hopson honed his skills writing speculative fiction, flash fiction and essays. His stories have been widely published: Quiet Shorts Magazine, Letter X, Creation, The Wonder Boy Review, Ascent, 20 Dissidents and Old Growth Journal, The Harrow Magazine, Monongahela Review, The Subterranean Quarterly, OutCry Magazine, Lost Magazine, The Angler, The Piker Press and also NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu's Exquisite Corpse Magazine. He has received Farmhouse Magazine's Reader's Choice award and performed as a featured author at Seattle's Richard Hugo House. As a performer and panelist, he has appeared at Seattle's Rainbow Bookfest. In 2008 he was selected to participate in Evergreen College's Literary Conference on "Activism and the Avant-Garde" and in 2009 he was an EPPIE Award Finalist. Please visit AntonioHopson.com to see what he is up to these days.