Heat Washes Through
Sometimes things happen. Memories store themselves in your head like stories written in a book. Heat Washes Through is a collection of poems of recollections from a year of madness and loneliness. William L. Alton takes confessional poetry to a new and journalistic level, making each poem visceral and timely, recording his own life with an emotional depth couched in minimal and detailed images.
About the Author
William L. Alton was born November 5, 1969 and started writing in the Eighties while incarcerated in a psychiatric prison. Since then his work has appeared in Main Channel Voices, World Audience and Breadcrumb Scabs among others. In 2010, he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He has published one book titled Heroes of Silence. He earned both his BA and MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. You can find him here.