Antidote (OSU JOURNAL AWARD POETRY) Paperback – October 28, 2013

Corey Van Landingham's debut collection of poems is stunning--it feels like a cave the reader is taken on a tour through, minerals and small animals on the periphery of the flashlight, occasionally straight ahead. Which is to say, the poems in ANTIDOTE are at once haunting and familiar, strange and wild. And the poems are full--of images, moments, memories, wishes, music.The author's eye and ear for creating an image is astounding, often doubling back through the reader's initial reactions and own memories to create a unique movement, as does the splendid "The Architecture of Fathers," which opens "They move like haunted houses, which means / they don't move, but are moved inside." Van Landingham's verse is vivid, earnest, longing, smart and fierce, even when told at a whisper, which these poems often are. This is a great collection by any measure, but especially exciting because it marks the beginning of the career of a poet who promises a lot more greatness in the future.

I love this book. I read it when it first came out and I've returned to it again and again.

Beautiful collection :)