Atop a Ridge in Boone: Three Poems

Caleb Johnson reads his poems “In Praise of the Blackberry.” “Atop a Ridge in Boone,” and “Our Son Has Reminded Me.”

Caleb Johnson is the author of the novels Telegraph Road (Hub City Press, August 2027) and Treeborne (Picador), which was named an honorable mention for the Southern Book Prize. His poetry has been published in Appalachian Journal, Birmingham Poetry Review, The Hopper, and is forthcoming elsewhere. His nonfiction appears widely in magazines and newspapers, and has been cited in The Best American Essays. He teaches at Appalachian State University.