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Devin Johnston

Devin Johnston (born 14 March 1970) is an American poet. He has authored several poetry collections ''Far-Fetched'' (2015), ''Sources'' (2008), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, ''Aversions'' (2004), ''Mosses and Lichens'' (2019) and ''Telepathy'' (2001). His literary criticism and prose writing includes ''Precipitations: Contemporary American Poetry as Occult Practice'' (2002) and ''Creaturely and Other Essays'' (2009).

Born in Canton, New York and was raised in Winston-Salem, Johnston was trained and raised in North Carolina, US. He worked as the poetry editor for Chicago Review (1995–2000), and as an editor of "Flood Editions", a non-profit publishing house. As a lecturer, he teaches in Saint Louis University, Missouri. Provided by Wikipedia