Weave of the Dream King

Weave of the Dream King is JOHN OLSON’s tenth collection of prose poetry. He is also the author of five novels, including Souls of Wind which was shortlisted for a Believer Book Award in 2008, The Seeing Machine, The Nothing That Is, In Advance of the Broken Justy, and Mingled Yarn, an autobiographical novel. In 2004, Seattle’s popular weekly The Stranger awarded Olson its annual Genius Award for literature and in 2012 he was one of eight finalists for Washington State’s Innovator Award. John Olson is an American poet and novelist. Olson has lived for many years in Seattle, Washington. He has published nine collections of poetry and three novels, including his recent novel: In Advance of the Broken Justy, and a book of essays: Essences and Sentences. Other works include Larynx Galaxy, Backscatter: New & Selected Poems and Souls of Wind, nominated for the 2008 Believer Book Award. In 2004, Seattle’s weekly newspaper, The Stranger gave Olson one of its annual genius awards. His writing notebooks have been exhibited at the University of Washington. Olson’s prose poetry has been published and reviewed in print and online poetry magazines around the world