John Wall Barger

 

John Wall Barger
Poetry Collection
Resurrection Fail
Spuyten Duyvil Press
October 2021

Cover image provided by the author.

John Wall Barger’s fifth book of poetry Resurrection Fail has been published by Spuyten Duyvill Press.

"Demonstrating the author’s sharp eye, tender heart, compassionate spirit, and expert distillations of form, Resurrection Fail represents John Wall Barger at a new peak of gestural intimacy. His poems often begin with vignette and anecdote before opening into wider explorations of his enthusiasms and sorrows. Barger’s facility with subtle tropes in exploring the will to resurrect ourselves, even in the face of failure, can lead to surprising revelations of a human mosaic, vividly alive with metaphor, succinct language, and stunning feeling." – Raymond Souster Award Shortlist

John cites his stay at Hambidge as important to the creation of this project. "I worked on a draft of this book, Resurrection Fail, while at Mellinger Studio in July 2020. I made significant progress at that time, and the book was accepted in January 2021”.

John Wall Barger is the author of four books of poetry: Pain-proof Men (2009); Hummingbird (2012), finalist for the Raymond Souster Award; The Book of Festus (2015), finalist for the J.M. Abraham Award; and The Mean Game (2019), finalist for The Phillip H. McMath Book Award. He teaches in the BFA Program for Creative Writing at The University of the Arts, in Philadelphia.

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