When Adam Johnson, a young gay man from Cheshire, arrived in London
in 1984, he possessed insatiable curiosity, irresistible charm, and
unfocused literary ambition; when he died nine years later, he had
become one of the most accomplished English poets of his
generation. This collection of his poems charts that astonishing
transformation. It is compelling as a record of a few short years
of serious writing. Johnson's poetic imagination, shaped by his
close observation of the natural world, proved no less adept at
dealing with the ironies and tragedies of urban life. A love of
music, painting, and literature--of cultural life in all its
forms--is matched by a delight in human relationships. Many of his
poems are dedicated to lovers and friends, across the dinner table
or at journey's end. His celebratory relish for lived experience
remains undiminished even in his last poems. This edition is
prepared largely from the author's signed typescripts and includes
previously unpublished work.
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