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The reality of Lost and is distressing, discomforting, extraordinarily private, hauntingly familiar, and deeply moving. Its voices cut to the root of the poetic impulse: the need to write ourselves into the world, the risk we take in every attempt to record the facts of our existence, and our hope that someone is listening. --Jonathan Thirkield, author, The Waker's Corridor <br>

""In Lost and, Jeff Griffin offers found objects--mysteriously discarded photographs, notes, letters, and poems, often damaged and barely legible--that document the lives of people living in the deserts of the American West. With these documents, through which we feel the mysterious and fragmentary nature of the way lives are lived and forgotten, Griffin creates a physical and psychological landscape that is suffused with a powerful sense of the Uncanny. This book is a collage more strange and disturbing than the strangest work of the surrealists. Its cumulative effect is mysterious, often humorous, and ultimately heartbreaking--but never patronizing. Lost and is a riveting book of poetry--it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it verges on the miraculous.""--Geoffrey Nutter, author, Christopher Sunset ""Jeff Griffin scours the deserts of California and Nevada for artifacts--poems, photos, letters--discarded by lost souls who live in desolation. With Lost and, he arranges these sad, exhilarating, heavy voices into a stunning chorus, and he makes poetry out of pain. I've never read anything like Lost and. This is a wildly ingenious debut collection from an artist who has found a way to turn damaged lives into objects of wonder and beauty.""--Don Waters, author, Desert Gothic ""The reality of Lost and is distressing, discomforting, extraordinarily private, hauntingly familiar, and deeply moving. Its voices cut to the root of the poetic impulse: the need to write ourselves into the world, the risk we take in every attempt to record the facts of our existence, and our hope that someone is listening.""--Jonathan Thirkield, author, The Waker's Corridor

The reality of Lost and is distressing, discomforting, extraordinarily private, hauntingly familiar, and deeply moving. Its voices cut to the root of the poetic impulse: the need to write ourselves into the world, the risk we take in every attempt to record the facts of our existence, and our hope that someone is listening. Jonathan Thirkield, author, The Waker's Corridor

The reality of Lost and is distressing, discomforting, extraordinarily private, hauntingly familiar, and deeply moving. Its voices cut to the root of the poetic impulse: the need to write ourselves into the world, the risk we take in every attempt to record the facts of our existence, and our hope that someone is listening. Jonathan Thirkield, author, The Waker's Corridor In Lost and, Jeff Griffin offers found objects mysteriously discarded photographs, notes, letters, and poems, often damaged and barely legible that document the lives of people living in the deserts of the American West. With these documents, through which we feel the mysterious and fragmentary nature of the way lives are lived and forgotten, Griffin creates a physical and psychological landscape that is suffused with a powerful sense of the Uncanny. This book is a collage more strange and disturbing than the strangest work of the surrealists. Its cumulative effect is mysterious, often humorous, and ultimately heartbreaking but never patronizing. Lost and is a riveting book of poetry it wouldn t be an exaggeration to say that it verges on the miraculous. Geoffrey Nutter, author, Christopher Sunset Jeff Griffin scours the deserts of California and Nevada for artifacts poems, photos, letters discarded by lost souls who live in desolation. With Lost and, he arranges these sad, exhilarating, heavy voices into a stunning chorus, and he makes poetry out of pain. I ve never read anything like Lost and. This is a wildly ingenious debut collection from an artist who has found a way to turn damaged lives into objects of wonder and beauty. Don Waters, author, Desert Gothic In Lost and, Jeff Griffin offers found objects--mysteriously discarded photographs, notes, letters, and poems, often damaged and barely legible--that document the lives of people living in the deserts of the American West. With these documents, through which we feel the mysterious and fragmentary nature of the way lives are lived and forgotten, Griffin creates a physical and psychological landscape that is suffused with a powerful sense of the Uncanny. This book is a collage more strange and disturbing than the strangest work of the surrealists. Its cumulative effect is mysterious, often humorous, and ultimately heartbreaking--but never patronizing. Lost and is a riveting book of poetry--it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it verges on the miraculous. --Geoffrey Nutter, author, Christopher Sunset

In Lost and, Jeff Griffin offers found objects--mysteriously discarded photographs, notes, letters, and poems, often damaged and barely legible--that document the lives of people living in the deserts of the American West. With these documents, through which we feel the mysterious and fragmentary nature of the way lives are lived and forgotten, Griffin creates a physical and psychological landscape that is suffused with a powerful sense of the Uncanny. This book is a collage more strange and disturbing than the strangest work of the surrealists. Its cumulative effect is mysterious, often humorous, and ultimately heartbreaking--but never patronizing. Lost and is a riveting book of poetry--it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it verges on the miraculous. --Geoffrey Nutter, author, Christopher Sunset The reality of Lost and is distressing, discomforting, extraordinarily private, hauntingly familiar, and deeply moving. Its voices cut to the root of the poetic impulse: the need to write ourselves into the world, the risk we take in every attempt to record the facts of our existence, and our hope that someone is listening. --Jonathan Thirkield, author, The Waker's Corridor Jeff Griffin scours the deserts of California and Nevada for artifacts--poems, photos, letters--discarded by lost souls who live in desolation. With Lost and, he arranges these sad, exhilarating, heavy voices into a stunning chorus, and he makes poetry out of pain. I've never read anything like Lost and. This is a wildly ingenious debut collection from an artist who has found a way to turn damaged lives into objects of wonder and beauty. --Don Waters, author, Desert Gothic

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Jeff Griffin is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and an associate at Griffin Moss Industries, Inc., and he operates the publishing house Slim Princess Holdings.

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