John Wall Barger

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Smog Mother Palimpsest Press	The strongest collection yet from a poet writing at the height of his powers. In Smog Mother, John Wall Barger asks: What is a poet without a home? Over and over he finds answers in the joy of …	John Wall Barger	104	2022	View
The Book of Festus Palimpsest Press	Festus wakes inside a myth—on a wharf in Halifax, Nova Scotia— and recalls nothing but a bicycle. As he looks for it, he thinks the city’s thoughts. Upon a sidewalk over a …	John Wall Barger	112	2015	View
The Mean Game Palimpsest Press	The Mean Game—John Wall Barger’s fourth book-length entry in what might be called, collectively, a savage comedy—bristles with allegories that explore human cruelty and …	John Wall Barger	92	2019	View
From NEW! I. From: Smog Mother View Palimpsest Press	Smog Mother – On a Metro at the Edge of the Jungle where Tigers Walked – Fireflies – Bathroom Attendant in Tai Po Megamall – 100 Doves Released for Wedding Pictures at …	John Wall Barger	23	2022	$2.30 Add
From Invocation From: The Book of Festus View Palimpsest Press	Invocation	John Wall Barger	4	2015	$0.40 Add
From Part One From: The Mean Game View Palimpsest Press	Urgent Message from the Captain of the Unicorn Hunters – Your Suitors – The Wonderful Hat – The Stiltwalkers – The Problem with Love – At the Front – Ash …	John Wall Barger	21	2019	$2.10 Add
From NEW! II. From: Smog Mother View Palimpsest Press	Samovar – At the Củ Chi Tunnels – A Girl on Khaosan Road Selling Lottery Tickets Gently Hides Her Two Withered Arms – Public Cremation, Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu …	John Wall Barger	30	2022	$3.00 Add
From Part Two From: The Mean Game View Palimpsest Press	My Houseguest – Penitentiary – Tale f the Boy & the Horse Head – Hammer – The Death of Jolly Dolly – Prometheus – Chernobyl – Having Read The Book of …	John Wall Barger	18	2019	$1.80 Add
From The Bridge From: The Book of Festus View Palimpsest Press	His Splendiferous Bicycle – Diorama of Spangled Bike, at Harbour – Eric the Red Cat – House of the Deaf Man – The Feast – Dream Map – The Kissing Bridge …	John Wall Barger	25	2015	$2.50 Add
From NEW! III. From: Smog Mother View Palimpsest Press	Beauty Too Close – Dead Calf by the Road – Sipping Tequila with a Friend on My Roof under the Cold Blowtorch Moon – Dukkha – On a North Train to Casarsa, Midwinter, …	John Wall Barger	25	2022	$2.50 Add
From Part Three From: The Mean Game View Palimpsest Press	The External Lung – Inconceivable Mansion – The Swans Flew Out of the Sun – Deus Ex Machina – On the Curiously Sinister Hearts of Donkeys – Utøya – …	John Wall Barger	18	2019	$1.80 Add
From The Axe From: The Book of Festus View Palimpsest Press	Haligonians, to Festus – Holy Cross Cemetery – Festus Maximus, To Himself – Off-Course, Citadel Hill, the Bone Ghost Sings of Electricity – Map Song N° 1 – The …	John Wall Barger	38	2015	$3.80 Add
From Part Four From: The Mean Game View Palimpsest Press	Last Book of the Last Library on Earth – The Thief – The Fathers of Dairy Gertrude – I Am a Cell – The Prince with No Asshole – Cuthbert’s Plan – Crow …	John Wall Barger	19	2019	$1.90 Add
From The Cow From: The Book of Festus View Palimpsest Press	Festus, Hansel & Grendel – Were There Testimonials? – Map Song N° 3 – The Egg Pond – Park Lane Approacheth – Humungous Bos Taurus! – Bullfight – …	John Wall Barger	24	2015	$2.40 Add