Ascend Ascend - Paperback
Ascend Ascend - Paperback
About this item
by Janaka Stucky (Author), Pam Grossman (Introduction by)
Ascend Ascend was written in and out of trance states secluded in a 100-year-old church tower. Equally Walt Whitman and Maggot Brain, this book documents the ecstatic destruction of the self through its union with the divine.
Author Biography
Janaka Stucky is a mystic poet, performer, and founding editor of the award-winning press, Black Ocean. In 2015 Jack White's Third Man Records launched a new publishing imprint, Third Man Books, and chose Janaka's full-length poetry collection, "The Truth Is We Are Perfect," as their inaugural title. Other books include "Your Name Is The Only Freedom," and "The World Will Deny It For You." He has performed in over 60 cities around the world and his poems have appeared in such journals as Denver Quarterly, Fence and North American Review, and his articles have been published by The Huffington Post and The Poetry Foundation. He is also a two-time National Haiku Champion. More at janakastucky.com.
Pam Grossman is the host of The Witch Wave podcast and author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power.
