Eduardo & "I"

Poetry. EDUARDO and I, a new collection of prose poems by Peter Johnson, is a darkly comic book that takes the reader on two separate but interrelated journeys. Eduardo is part alter ego and part cultural artifact, recalling Berryman's character Henry from the Dream Songs. "Peter Johnson takes his place alongside today's most original prose poets"--Morton Marcus. Peter Johnson's other books include LOVE POEMS FOR THE MILLENIUM, PRETTY HAPPY, and I'M A MAN; he is also the founding editor of The Prose Poem: An International Journal.

Peter Johnson was born and reared in Buffalo, New York. He teaches creative writing and children's literature at Providence College and is editor of THE BEST OF THE PROSE POEM: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL. His prose poems and fiction have appeared in Field, DENVER QUARTERLY, The Iowa Review, Indiana Review, Quarterly West, North Dakota Quarterly, The Party Train: A Collection of North American Prose Poetry, Beloit Fiction Journal, and other magazines. His books include RANTS AND RAVES: SELECTED AND NEW PROSE POEMS (White Pine Press, 2010), EDUARDO and I (White Pine Press, 2006), I'M A MAN (White Pine Press, 2003) and MIRACLES and MORTIFICATIONS (White Pine Press, 2001), winner of the 2001 James Laughlin Award of The Academy of American Poets.