Lawrence Johns' Love And Hate

Nominated for The National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize

“Lawrence Johns’ Love And Hate is a masterpiece of political allegory based on the radiant and tragic story of the Diggers, a whirlwind of new poetics, ruling passions and ancient identities summoned in sharp defense of individual freedom.” -Linda Hurst “Heads of acid roll again, this time in verse.” -Billy Collins

“We haven’t seen such a psychologically tuned cast of characters since Chaucer and Shakespeare. Love And Hate is the most ambitious American poetry since Leaves Of Grass - its freewheeling style carries a new epic form to catharsis. We confront the tragic nature of the American soul as history and philosophy without interference from the poet’s voice. This is strange, ambivalent, this is genius.” -G.S. Rowe

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