Torch Lake & Other Poems, by Brian Johnson: Coming Soon from Del Sol Press

Torch Lake & Other Poems by Brian Johnson has been released by Del Sol Press.

"The most lyrical poems (mostly in prose) that I have read in years. A silver-tongued 'I' with little concern for itself, so wakeful and watchful is it embodied, and so attuned to its bounty of fabulous perceptions. A first collection brought to a nearly translucent state of shine."

—C. D. Wright

"Torch Lake & Other Poems is the most original and exciting collection given American poetry since Larry Levis' Elegy. There's more juice, scope, imagination, and sheer vitality in this work than in twenty run-of-the-mill collections."

—Gray Jacobik

"Anyone who's read Brian Johnson's poetry over the years has been waiting for his first frull-length book to arrive. It's become a cliché to call someone 'a master of the prose poem,' but Johnson has earned the title. These poems are intelligent, moving, surprising, and above all expertly crafted."

—Peter Johnson

Nothing Between Us - Wendy Barker to Be Published by Del Sol Press

Our runner-up in the last Del Sol Press poetry contest, Wendy Barker, will have her collection, NOTHING BETWEEN US, published by the press in 2009. NOTHING BETWEEN US is a unique collection of work, like a novel told in prose poetry form.

Wendy Barker's work has appeared Georgia Review, Gettysburg Review, Poetry. Boulevard, and in many other national publications. She is the recipient of both NEA and Rockefeller grants, and is currently Poet-in-Residence and a professor of English at the University of Texas.