‘The Louisiana Purchase’ is the second full-length collection of serial poetry by Jim Goar, who is currently completing his PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at UEA. The collection is published by Rose Metal Press. His first collection, ‘Seoul Bus Poems’, was published by
Reality Street Press in 2010, and his chapbook ‘Whole Milk’ in 2006. Jim was
born in San Francisco and completed his MFA in Creative Writing at Naropa’s Jack Kerouac School. He edits the online Journal, past simple, which can be found at www.pastsimple.org
Jim Goar’s new collection of poems
