Wilkinson releases new book of poetry
University of Notre Dame
Mollie Zubek
Date: January 28, 2009
John Wilkinson, professor of literature and creative writing at the University of Notre Dame, has published a new book, ?Down to Earth,? released this fall by Salt Publishing, an international award-winning publisher of poetry, fiction and literary criticism.
Through one single thematically-interrelated poem, Wilkinson addresses the disturbing state of the American Midwest and paints a bleak picture of the 21st century due to an epic of migration, the now ubiquitous borders, and the current energy crisis. The flows of capital, consumer products, waste, labor and body parts are the focus of what has been called ?Wilkinson?s darkest work to date,? according to Salt Publishing.
Contact: Marie Blakey, director of communications, College of Arts and Letters, 574-631-1405, m.blakey@nd.edu
