“…sentences of throat-clutching beauty…” Bookforum

“She is one of the most interesting writers working in America today, startling and idiosyncratic in the best sense”
San Francisco Bay Guardian


Frances Johnson, finalist for the 2005 Washington State Book Award, now re-issued by Verse Chorus Press. Order from Powells, bookstores, or major online retailers. …Order here. See press release.

Frances Johnson video on YouTube. Frances ponders the book of her life. What is a woman; what is a girl?
By Jonathan Chiou.

book cover, Frances Johnson
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