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Caryl Johnston
Caryl Johnston was born in 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama. She now lives in Philadelphia. A collection of poems on biblical themes Instead of Eyes was published by her in 1979, throug...view moreCaryl Johnston was born in 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama. She now lives in Philadelphia. A collection of poems on biblical themes Instead of Eyes was published by her in 1979, through Hawthorne Press, Lenox, MA. One poem from this collection, Isaac’s Age, appeared in The Literary Review (New Jersey).
Another self-published collection, Indulge Me Once, is available through Lulu.com. Three poems in that book, At the End of an Age, The Norns, and the concluding poem, The Banquet, were added to this collection. At the End of an Age was published in the July, 2022 issue of Chronicles.
Caryl is also the author of Consecrated Venom: The Serpent and the Tree of Knowledge (Floris Books, Edinburgh, 2000). Her book about Birmingham in the civil rights era, and the themes of race, slavery, civil rights, and religion as reflected in her family over five generations, is called Stewards of History: Land and Time in the Story of a Southern Family. It has been published by Abbeville Institute Press and is available on Amazon.view less