Five Sequences For The Country At Night by Mike Perrow

These poems are witty and mysterious, ethereal but deeply rooted in the earth. Mike Perrow’s ear is finely attuned to the sounds inside a word, evoking the gentle hum of the rural South, as well as the lilt and swing of Harlem jazz. “Light obsessed,” he knows about Charlie Parker’s saxophone, the behavior of the brightest points in the night sky, and the dangerous appetites of numbers.

—Lynne Potts

Mike Perrow’s highly-anticipated book of poems is rich in its evocations of landscape and skyscape. His meditative voice is inflected with southern accents that linger and resonate. Think of mica-infused dust rising from the footfalls of pilgrims before you as you ascend a path toward a temple, toward “white observatories/ clustered on a hill.” Perrow is a kind of secular hierophant, with a sense of humor and a gorgeous lyric ear that sharpens our listening, tuning us to the notes that are “all / the more worth blowing.”

—Forrest Gander

Mike Perrow grew up in rural southern Virginia, attended the College of William and Mary, then received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His poems have been published by The Boston Review, Shenandoah Review, Volt, Harvard Review, The Southern Review, storySouth, Willow Springs Review, The William and Mary Review, and elsewhere. He was the winner of Boston Review’s eighth annual poetry prize, judged by Mark Strand.

Book Information:

· Paperback: 84 pages
· Binding: Perfect-Bound
· Publisher: BlazeVOX [books]
· ISBN: 978-1-60964-311-9