Author Description

In Good Humor, we discover that there are two ways to write, one with the mind and one with the pen. As an editor of both literature and fiction, I need to remind myself of that every once in a while. This was one of those times. John Ashton has redefined both worlds simultaneously in Good Humor, both by dividing the way and quite essentially by offering us a choice: Do we choose to read it as poetry or as fiction? It is quite a choice, because essentially he has redefined the necessity for narrative and offers us a new medium of elocution and delectation. He offers us an opportunity to completely let go and ride the wave of intelligent orientation towards life not seen since the likes of Thoreau and Whitman. Essentially, he has won the bet; that poetry could be made anew, without compromise, and that there was no end to literature as it was left by the great masters of modern poetry and verse. We thought that they had reached the end of accomplishment and that their works could not be topped or trumped. We were mistaken. In reading Good Humor, ask yourself one single question: Did I see this coming when Thoreau left us with Walden? I don't think so. Essentially, we have seen that literature can be defined and discriminately reborn anew by no one but Ashton himself. Enjoy and read with delight. - Michael Grayson of Rodaian Publishers, Laguna Beach, California, www.RodaiPress.com.