Not since Ed Dorn have we had such scathing satire on the state of the arts, and not since Alexander Pope, I don’t think, have we had someone willing to take on the establishment with such vigor — and in rhymed couplets, yet!

Johnson’s work is distinguishable for its international breadth and for its pugilism.

He listens to the life inside life for the life outside life.

He has a cause and he has devoted himself to it. I can’t say God bless him but I can say Poets bless him.

“It sucks being a famous poet. / All your time gets taken up on / the phone or in answering emails / from people looking for a blurb, / and stuff. It’s totally tiresome!”

Echoes from so many sources, augmenting frequencies, ostensibly bitching about insufficient personal rewards — but more fundamentally, questioning the Peter Principle that underlies curatorial commodification.

Caesura presents the following essays, poems, and appreciations of Kent Johnson, all attesting (singularly and jointly) to the formidable aesthetic force of production he embodies.

Staring down the barrels of two seperate guns, Octave faces his near certain death. Will he be able to make it out alive, or is this truly the end for our hero?

This week hasn’t been great. Some might even say it was the worst week ever. How bad is that, you ask? I’ll let Ruby tell you.

As Fauntleroy wakes up from what turns out to be a dream, he grapples with the blurring line between reality and illusion. In the belly of a fish inhabited by monks, however, epistemological issues might be the least of his worries!

After weeks of pursuit and capture, the pirates are negotiating Octave’s release to his patrons. Will their demands be reasonable, or is Octave really doomed this time?

There are many ways to deal with panic attacks…but panty attacks? Let’s just hope they stay confined to the comics!

Fauntleroy upon Fauntleroy parade around a magical aquatic world! Can such a strange and wonderful place be real, and if it is…can Fauntleroy ever escape it?

After being held captive on Debonairia for days, Octave is finally offered up as a hostage. Who have his abductors made a deal with, and what will Octave think as his island adventure draws to its apparent close?

Nobody likes it when unwanted critters make noise in the walls. If you think you’ve got it bad, you should hear what the rats in Ruby’s house get up to!

While behind the mystery door, Fauntleroy sees and experiences things weird and unexplainable. What is going on inside this world, inside this room, inside this fish?

“The visitor wanted to create some very special clothing for the special person, like nobody had ever seen.”