Racecar Jesus by Travis Mossotti Jane Routh surprised by the next turn

surprised by the next turn in the line

- Jason Allen-Paisant

her reputation has lagged behind in the West

" — Marjorie Perloff

Racecar Jesus by Travis Mossotti Jane Routh surprised by the next turnRacecar Jesus, winner of the Christopher Smart Joan Alice Poetry Prize, turns the wheel of western spirituality with equal parts western skepticism, and the poems work toward practical enlightenment the way a bricklayer might; only, what theyre building is the opposite edifice: I am a ruin of questions. Where once there was a temple, only pillars. Where once a roof, now only clouds and darkness interrupted by the jest of stars. excerpt from DINNER