Bøker av Cullen Whisenhunt

In Until Air Itself Is Tinted, Cullen Whisenhunt approaches his poems with a photographer's keen eye, drawing into sharp focus everyday details that often go overlooked. In this collection, Whisenhunt creates a rich poetic texture, interwoven with cranes and herons, leafy sidewalks and cypress teeth. Indeed, these are poems we can sink our teeth into, the rich imagery set against a vivid backdrop of birdsong and Oklahoma soul.

Among the Trees is a chapbook of poems and photographs focusing primarily on the Southeastern region of Oklahoma. The poems and pictures highlight the region's natural beauty, history, and culture, providing readers a chance to experience the area through the eyes of lifelong resident, Cullen Whisenhunt, who turns his observations into a contemplation on the intersection of identity and place. But when the lowest boughs are penetrated, they reveal not a single tree, but a copse of cedars grown so close, so intimate, their branches strip each other vulnerable--from the title poem