River Church

"Trust Kent Fielding to uncover the pathos of snowmen and the vitriolic jealousy experienced by the rain. That's just for starters. Then, hurt and want to erupt from the fissures deep within River Church's supplicants. Be they awake or asleep, members of the savage mob or victims of it, in Kentucky, Alaska, or the Marshall Islands, this book is their gothic hymnal. I am now afraid I will one day meet The Goat Woman and also, somehow, hopeful that I will."

--Sean Cole was the producer of the weekly radio program This American Life, and is the author of After These Messages (Lunar Chandelier 2022).

"A poetry road warrior, Kent Fielding is an enigma. Nearly four decades ago we launched a campaign to change the face of poetry, to birth a global literary renaissance. From the beginning, we worked around the clock: editing, publishing, producing events, promoting the arts around the world. For several years we home based in Louisville, Kentucky, then we went separate ways, Kent to Alaska, me to Iceland, both of us continuing to adventure on and on. And no matter where we lived or traveled, we kept writing. Travel is the best education. I have had the honor of watching Kent Fielding's writing develop and grow in the most surprising, even shocking ways. His work and his work ethic never cease to impress and amaze. His astonishing new book of poems, RIVER CHURCH, is an out of the blue masterpiece."

--Ron Whitehead, U.S. National Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate