JORN AKE, BOYS WHISTLING LIKE CANARIES

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH EVENT!

 

This collection is haunted by the grim history of the twentieth century and by how its legacy continues to so troublesomely endure. In his rangy and querulous approach, Ake tackles the most vexing subjects and recalls the work of two of the finest poets of social conscience, George Oppen and Thomas McGrath. Jorn Ake began as a painter, graduating with a BFA in fine arts, and then he went on to earn an MFA in creative writing. His first collection of poems, Asleep in the Lightning Fields, won the 2001 X. J. Kennedy Poetry. He is the author of All About the Blind Spot and Other Poems and The Circle Line. He began writing Boys Whistling like Canaries in Prague, where he lived for three years. He currently lives in New York City.