The Story
At once deeply personal and infused with a profound respect for its literary predecessors, The Book of Echoes resonates with the speaker's journey through Tourette's syndrome. This exploration of motor tics, echolalia, and phantom speech gradually unfolds into a joyous and surreal celebration of Jack Spicer's insight that "Poems should echo and re-echo against each other. They should create resonances. They cannot live alone any more than we can." Welch's The Book of Echoes delights in illuminating the intimate spaces of connection that poetry provides.
Author: David Gregory Welch
Publisher: Jackleg Press
Published: 06/16/2025
Pages: 102
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.00h x 8.00w x 0.28d
ISBN: 9781956907230
About the Author
Welch, David Gregory: - David Gregory Welch is the author of EVERYONE WHO IS DEAD (Spork Press, 2018) and a chapbook, IT IS SUCH A GOOD THING TO BE IN LOVE WITH YOU (The Laurel Review/Midwest Chapbook Series, 2015). He is the recipient of awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Poetry Society of America, and the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Welch lives in Chicago and teaches occasionally at DePaul University and StoryStudio Chicago.
Description
At once deeply personal and infused with a profound respect for its literary predecessors, The Book of Echoes resonates with the speaker's journey through Tourette's syndrome. This exploration of motor tics, echolalia, and phantom speech gradually unfolds into a joyous and surreal celebration of Jack Spicer's insight that "Poems should echo and re-echo against each other. They should create resonances. They cannot live alone any more than we can." Welch's The Book of Echoes delights in illuminating the intimate spaces of connection that poetry provides.
Author: David Gregory Welch
Publisher: Jackleg Press
Published: 06/16/2025
Pages: 102
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.00h x 8.00w x 0.28d
ISBN: 9781956907230
About the Author
Welch, David Gregory: - David Gregory Welch is the author of EVERYONE WHO IS DEAD (Spork Press, 2018) and a chapbook, IT IS SUCH A GOOD THING TO BE IN LOVE WITH YOU (The Laurel Review/Midwest Chapbook Series, 2015). He is the recipient of awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Poetry Society of America, and the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Welch lives in Chicago and teaches occasionally at DePaul University and StoryStudio Chicago.
