In a Landscape

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Adoption, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
Cover of the book In a Landscape by John Gallaher, BOA Editions Ltd.
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Author: John Gallaher ISBN: 9781938160516
Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd. Publication: October 20, 2014
Imprint: BOA Editions Ltd. Language: English
Author: John Gallaher
ISBN: 9781938160516
Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.
Publication: October 20, 2014
Imprint: BOA Editions Ltd.
Language: English

Rather than formally crafted poetry, In a Landscape has been referred to as "non-fiction poetry," a “diary-poem,” a “daybook,” and an “essay-poem." The collection is made up of questions Gallaher asks and answers himself, the poet in conversation with himself and with the reader.

In a Landscape is non-fiction poetry. Readers will be drawn to the authenticity of the book, as there are few books of poetry that so obviously and straight-forwardly eschew the trope of the speaker.

An adopted son, Gallaher's In a Landscape ask questions from the perspective of adoption: "What does family to mean to an adopted child, to a grown adopted child, when that child isn’t even certain of his birth name?"

When Gallaher was writing the poems in In a Landscape, he was listening to the album "In a Landscape," a collection of compositions by John Cage with Stephen Drury on piano, and was heavily influenced by John Cage's SILENCE.

In this new collection, Gallaher works extensively through such subjects as family, death, adoption, children, parents, high school, and music.

In a Landscape has strong ties to Missouri, Alabama, Texas, and Long Island, New York.

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Rather than formally crafted poetry, In a Landscape has been referred to as "non-fiction poetry," a “diary-poem,” a “daybook,” and an “essay-poem." The collection is made up of questions Gallaher asks and answers himself, the poet in conversation with himself and with the reader.

In a Landscape is non-fiction poetry. Readers will be drawn to the authenticity of the book, as there are few books of poetry that so obviously and straight-forwardly eschew the trope of the speaker.

An adopted son, Gallaher's In a Landscape ask questions from the perspective of adoption: "What does family to mean to an adopted child, to a grown adopted child, when that child isn’t even certain of his birth name?"

When Gallaher was writing the poems in In a Landscape, he was listening to the album "In a Landscape," a collection of compositions by John Cage with Stephen Drury on piano, and was heavily influenced by John Cage's SILENCE.

In this new collection, Gallaher works extensively through such subjects as family, death, adoption, children, parents, high school, and music.

In a Landscape has strong ties to Missouri, Alabama, Texas, and Long Island, New York.

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