How to Make an America
How to Make an America is a poetic exploration of a road trip across the American West delivering fresh and vivid impressions of its vastness and diversity. It reflects upon mythologisation, mediated perception and reality with arresting imagery which draws echoes of Steinbeck, Kerouac and the landscapes of Hopper. The poetry is interspersed with striking artwork by London artist Trish Wylie and photographs by the author bringing word and image together in unique ways. This is a book of travel poetry, psycho geography, cultural exchange and visual treat which is an intellectual and aesthetic delight.
John Tanner’s verse has appeared in various magazines, he anthology The Lie of the Land, and in a collection of his work Pieces. He is also the author the Landscapes of Language: the Achievement and Context of Richard Brautigan's Fiction also published by Humanities-Ebooks. He was a journalist and then a publishing executive before a dramatic change of direction saw him return to university, be awarded a PhD in English literature by Bangor University and become a part time tutor there and a writer. He lives in North Wales with his wife, Judy, and George the cat.
