Released:
5 December 2008

Cover Artwork:
Andrea Maguire, Elemental Series 2, Kali II, Learning to Fly, Manifestations 2, mixed media

Printing:
Gaspereau Press, Kentville, Nova Scotia | jacket: processed colour on Domtar Natural | cover: letterpress on Mohawk Komono Red | inside: offset on Zephyr Antique Book Laid with logo in letterpress, composed in Triest DT on 10 1/2 pt. with title text in Trajan pro | Smyth-sewn and perfect bound

Table of Contents | Poems | Author Page

In his début collection, Kingston emerges as a poet whose work is infused with intelligence, humour, wit, grief, unabashed fierceness, and often tenderness. Unexpected glimpses into the nature of writing, of learning, and observation are revealed in poems that remark upon the musicality and barefacedness of language, the erudition of Shakespeare and Sylvia Plath, and the emotional probing of paintings by William Blake and Salvador Dali. The poems take us through memories, reflections and imaginative engagements, traversing a wide range of subject matter without losing sight of the fascination and complexity of the human condition. His open-eyed, open-minded verse creates a world we at once recognise and see afresh. With its insightful and imaginative breadth, Out of Mind evokes emotions that are both intimate and universal.

REVIEW

"He has been gifted with a rare ability to weave unguarded displays of emotive and erudite poetics together to potent effect, and he does so with a seemingly unaffected aura of effortlessness. Out of Mind roams widely, and benefits from it – Kingston has an impressive knack for making a diverse range of topics his own, and it has yielded a collection of poems that demand a great deal from the reader whilst giving even more back."
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Ben Meyerson, Canada