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Louis Jenkins

Getting things rolling for the poetry room in the fall of 1998 was this collection of poems from Louis Jenkins. A native of Oklahoma, Louis has made his home in Duluth, Minnesota for the past twenty-seven years. He and his wife, Ann, have one son, Lars. Louis is the author of several books:

THE WINTER ROAD (2000), JUST ABOVE WATER (1997) and NICE FISH: New and Selected Prose Poems (1995) available from Holy Cow! Press, PO Box 3170, Mt. Royal Station, Duluth, MN 55803.

ALL TANGLED UP WITH THE LIVING, Nineties Press(1991) and AN ALMOST HUMAN GESTURE, Eighties Press and Ally Press (1987) are available from Ally Press Center, 524 Orleans St., St. Paul, MN 55107, 1-800-729-3002.

All books are still in print and available from the publisher, Ally Press, or from our hometown, independent bookstore, Town House Books, at (630) 584-8600. Also check out the interview with Louis by RipSaw News.

These poems are used with permission of the author:

• "Walking Through A Wall"
• "New Mexico"
• "In A Tavern"
• "A Quiet Place"
• "First Snow"
• "Football"
• "Appointed Rounds"
• "Frost Flowers"
• "Confessional Poem"
• "Violence on Television"

• "Green Tomato"
• "The Language of Crows"
• "Insects"
• "The Lost Boy"
• "November"
• "Fish Out Of Water"
• "Too Much Snow"
• "Flight" NEW!
• "The Preacher" NEW!
• "Back Home" NEW!

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