A Meditation on Fire

by Allen, Jason

• ISBN13: 9780996259651
• ISBN10: 0996259651
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-09-01
• Publisher: Southeast Missouri State Univ Press

Summary

“Jason Allen’s A Meditation on Fire is a fierce, courageous collection of poems, a ferocious, yet meditative mission to dig for the truth beneath the surface of all that it means to be human. Allen’s poetry is gritty and lyrical, profound and sardonic, and his use of language is as precise as a scalpel. Allen is willing to risk being vulnerable while exploring the darkest moments of his life, and all the while he straddles the line between compassion and desire. A must read for anyone who loves poetry, and for those who don’t yet know they love poetry. What an amazing, powerful book!” —Maria Mazziotti Gillan, American Book Award Winner

Author Biography

?Jason Allen has an MFA from Pacific University and is currently a PhD candidate at Binghamton University, where he has been at work on his second novel, his debut full-length poetry collection, and his memoir, Moonlight On The Tracks, a section of which was recently nominated for the AWP Intro Journals Prize. Some of his short fiction and poems have been published in: Passages North, Cream City Review, Paterson Literary Review, Contemporary American Voices, Ragazine, The Molotov Cocktail, Oregon Literary Review, and other venues.