Comments on: john bennett | one book

By: Pulp Wire

Pulp Wire — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:31:08 +0000

When a fellow writer of mine recommended John Bennett to me, I have to say my ‘writing life’ changed. It shifted, just a bit. Bennett smoothly communicates some of the most complicated thoughts and concepts on reality and life, which usually remain ambiguous and in the mind, and shackles them to the page with concrete sentences.

Bennett’s “psychic eruption” he speaks about above is really an accurate way to describe the work he regularly sends out to his email list. Every shard has a slight twist, a grand insight, and beautifully expressive language you won’t soon forget.

It’s difficult to put a finger on what makes Bennett’s work so special. It might be the universal truths mixed into the quirky quotidian examples he shares. It might be his ability to expand the reader’s mind to the heavens and then crash it back onto itself.

By: An Interview with Poet Richard Vargas « Writings

An Interview with Poet Richard Vargas « Writings — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:11:59 +0000

[...] poets of lesser notoriety, who are just as talented. Gerald Locklin, Joy Harjo, Luis J. Rodriguez, John Bennett, Ron Koertge, nila northSun, Charles Harper Webb, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Lynn Lifshin, Valerie [...]

By: richard braley

richard braley — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:14:45 +0000

nice to read your notes aout E-burg’s early music…thankyou for remembering… Vagabond is also in there with the giant roosters…yow…if your’e in contact, say hi to Richard D. God luck

By: Scott Edelman

Scott Edelman — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:49:29 +0000

Any chance you’re the same John Bennett I quote here on my blog:

http://scottedelman.livejournal.com/166421.html

If so, thanks for great quote I’ve shared with people for years!