Denis Johnson (1949–2017) won the National Book Award for Tree of Smoke, and his first novel, Angels, received the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. Out of his experiences with alcoholism and other addictions, Johnson wrote the acclaimed story collection Jesus’ Son, which was adapted for the screen and named one of the top ten films of 1999. He published several poetry collections and plays and served as resident playwright for the Camp Santo theater company in San Francisco.

Poem

by Denis Johnson

Loving you is every bit as fine
as coming over a hill into the sun

People on couch

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