After years of consistent publication, Jhon suffered a break and isolated. He lives and breathes in Elgin, IL with his wife and son and has started working on a follow up to Hands on the Hips to be titled “The Awful Grace of God” which is now available. While a classically trained musician and fine artist he spends most of his time secluded in a small room at the back of the house writing poetry that fists the gut on his 1983 IBM Selectric III, the Cadillac of typewriters, or painting large partially insane objective abstract canvasses. His first book, hands on the hips (isbn 1426939434), is available at amazon.com and other fine online retailers. The chapbook “ark”, and “Gypsy Bars, back alleys and one way streets” are now out of print.
Mostly it can be said that I persist and contain multitudes.
Jhon can be contacted at www.willfulresemblance.com
Or JhonZBaker@gmail.com
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