Dark Stars - Paperback

by Ken McCullough (Author)

Paul Eluard once said "There is another world but it is in this one." In Dark Stars, Ken McCullough presents a compendium of the human condition, always grounded in the natural world, and often in totemic relationships. There is lost innocence, love present, and back through time, there are tributes to friends and mentors. McCullough keeps one foot in the primal world and the other in community, yet he travels confidently from one to the other. You hear the poet making peace with mortality. Though this is a slim volume it has a deep and engaging sweep. It is a rough bouquet collected en plein air. We are left wanting more.

Author Biography

Ken McCullough was born in Staten Island, NY but grew up in Newfoundland, and has spiritual roots in the backcountry of Montana and Wyoming. He was adopted into the Miniconjou band of the Lakota Nation. Since 1996, he has lived near Winona, MN, where he has decided to 'make his stand." He is just completing his second term as Winona's Poet Laureate. McCullough is married to playwright Lynn Nankivil. He is widely published and has received a number of awards for his work. This is his second book with Red Dragonfly Press. McCullough has also collaborated with Cambodian poet U Sam Oeur, a Pol Pot survivor, on a bilingual edition of U's poetry, Sacred Vows, and a memoir, Crossing Three Wildernesses. A documentary, Across Three Wildernesses, was made about their work together.