Denis Johnson Quote

AFTER MAYAKOVKSY by Denis JohnsonIt's after one. You're probably alone.All night the moon rings like a telephonein an empty booth above our separateness.Now is the hour one answers. I am home.Hello, my heart, my God, my President,my darling: I'm alarmed by the alarmclock's iridescent face, hung like a charmfrom darkness's fat ear. This accidentthat was my life will have its witnesses:now, while the world lies wholly motionlessand sorry in a crapulence of stars,now is the hour one rises to address

Denis Johnson

AFTER MAYAKOVKSY by Denis JohnsonIt's after one. You're probably alone.All night the moon rings like a telephonein an empty booth above our separateness.Now is the hour one answers. I am home.Hello, my heart, my God, my President,my darling: I'm alarmed by the alarmclock's iridescent face, hung like a charmfrom darkness's fat ear. This accidentthat was my life will have its witnesses:now, while the world lies wholly motionlessand sorry in a crapulence of stars,now is the hour one rises to address

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About Denis Johnson

Denis Hale Johnson (July 1, 1949 – May 24, 2017) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. He is perhaps best known for his debut short story collection, Jesus' Son (1992). His most successful novel, Tree of Smoke (2007), won the National Book Award for Fiction. Johnson was twice shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Altogether, Johnson was the author of nine novels, one novella, two books of short stories, three collections of poetry, two collections of plays, and one book of reportage. His final work, a book of short stories titled The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, was published posthumously in 2018.