Jason Tandon's This Far North practices a poetics of breathtaking quietude. These meditative, imagistic poems evoke a Zen-like “suchness” as Tandon writes about the natural world and the daily tasks with which we busy our lives. Readers looking to slow down, looking for a poetry that is seasonal and spare, present and attentive, will find much to savor in this stunning collection that makes ordinary moments numinous.

Praise:

"Tandon ... does much with few words, with delicacy, precision, and occasional humor. ... [This Far North] reminds us there's meaning to be found in the act of attention itself." - The Boston Globe

About the author:

Jason Tandon is the author of five books of poetry, including This Far North, The Actual World, Quality of Life, and Give Over the Heckler and Everyone Gets Hurt, winner of the St. Lawrence Book Award from Black Lawrence Press. His poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Beloit Poetry Journal, among others. He teaches in the Arts & Sciences Writing Program at Boston University. Visit him at jasontandon.com.