CROSSTOWN New poems by Jason Roush Published by Orchard House Press in February 2009 (ISBN 978-1-59092-708-3) From its opening invocation of the legendary traveling bluesman Robert Johnson standing at the crossroads, Jason Roush’s third volume of poetry, CROSSTOWN, is concerned with intersections of various kinds, both literal and metaphorical. Cities like Boston and Provincetown, New York and London—familiar to readers of Roush’s two previous poetry collections—are all present here, though CROSSTOWN focuses equally on mapping an interior terrain: the crossroads of mystery and destiny, experience and possibility. CROSSTOWN is available via the publisher's website and at Amazon.com: CLICK HERE TO ORDER
Cover Image: Soho on Sunday Morning, London (Photo by Jason Roush, 2003)	“Jason Roush has a brilliant command of the line and an almost pointillist way of combining exact, exquisite phrases into sweeping vistas. At once tender and humane, the poems in CROSSTOWN display a rare intelligence and character. The collection is not only well-written, but well-told—the voice is sly and warm, and the whole book is good company.” —John Skoyles, author of THE SITUATION and SECRET FREQUENCIES
Jason Roush teaches writing, literature, and cultural studies at Emerson College, where he is Faculty Assistant to the Director of the Honors Program. His poems, criticism, and other writings have appeared in Best Gay Poetry 2008, Bay Windows, Brooklyn Review, Cimarron Review, The Fossil Record, The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, The James White Review, Lambda Book Report, Out Magazine, Provincetown Magazine, 236, Verse Daily. and the anthology This New Breed: Gents, Bad Boys and Barbarians 2. He is the author of two previous books of poetry, AFTER HOURS (2005) and BREEZEWAY (2007). He can be reached via e-mail at: ProfRoush@aol.com (Web text and images protected under copyright, 2009)	(Author Photo by Paul Rivenberg, 2008)