Ferrying the Stars

The prose poems in Justin Hollis’ debut collection, Ferrying the Stars, navigate the inexplicable province between wake and sleep, the mundane and the absurd. Reminiscent of the surrealistic fables of Jacob, Simic and Tate, these brief, witty narratives present the world as reflected in the funhouse mirror of childhood, where the real and the make-believe interact in altogether astonishing ways. Modulating between the comic and the serious, the philosophical and the irreverent, the poems invite the reader to escape into their unique, enigmatic worlds.