What is the deep web? A locked door. A tool for oppression and for revolution. āAn emptying drain, driven by gravity.ā And in Patrick Johnsonās
Gatekeeperāselected by Khaled Mattawa as the winner of the 2019 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetryāit is the place where connection is darkly transfigured by distance and power.
So we learn as Johnsonās speaker descends into his inferno, his Virgil a hacker for whom ānothing to stop him is reason enough to keep going,ā his Beatrice the elusive Anon, another faceless user of the deep web. Here is unnameable horrorāhuman trafficking, hitmen, terrorism recruitment. And here, too, is the lure of the beloved. But gone are the orderly circles of hell. Instead, Johnsonās map of the deep web is recursive and interrogatory, drawing inspiration and forms from the natural world and from science, as his speaker attempts to find a stable grasp on the complexities of this exhilarating and frightening digital world.
Spooky and spare,
Gatekeeper is a striking debut collection and a suspenseful odyssey for these troubled times.
This book title, Gatekeeper (Poems), ISBN: 9781571315267, by Johnson Patrick, published by Milkweed Editions (December 10, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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