Poetry. PILOT ("JOHANN THE CAROUSEL HORSE") is an assemblage, a book of nursery rhymes gone wrong in translation. Its strange characters, abandoned from other texts, include Lilja, the Pearls of Stockholm and assorted imperiled girls. Here, in Johannes Göransson's glittering exocity, they find a new and beautifully stitched home.

Author City: South Bend, IN USA

Johannes Göransson was born and raised in Skåne, Sweden, but has lived in the US for many years. He co-edits Action Books with Joyelle McSweeney and co-edits the online journal Action, Yes with John Dermot Woods. Göransson has translated the work of Aase Berg, Henry Parland, Ann Jaderlund, Johan Jönson and other Swedish and Finland Swedish poets. He is the author of ENTRANCE TO A COLONIAL PAGEANT IN WHICH WE ALL BEGIN TO INTRICATE (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2011), DEAR RA (A STORY IN FLINCHES) (Starcherone Books, 2008), PILOT (JOHANN THE CAROUSEL HORSE) (Fairy Tale Review Press, 2008), and A NEW QUARANTINE WILL TAKE MY PLACE (Apostrophe Books, 2007). He teaches at the University of Notre Dame.

Reviews and Other Links
author blog
Tyler Flynn Dorholt @ Octopus Magazine
Johannes Göransson interviewed by SJ Fowler @ 3:AM Magazine