MIDNIGHT AT THE CHEVRON STATION IBD

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Michael Malan is editor of Cloudbank (cloudbankbooks.com), a literary journal in Corvallis, Oregon. He is the winner of MeridianâÇÖs 2024 EditorsâÇÖ Prize for Fiction. He is also the author of three books from Blue Light Press: Overland Park (2017, poetry and flash fiction), TarzanâÇÖs Jungle Plane (2019, flash fiction), and Deep Territory (2021, poetry). His work has appeared in Epoch, Washington Square Review, Puerto del Sol, Lake Effect, New American Writing, and many other journals.BlakeâÇÖs ambition-'To see a World in a Grain of Sand' and hold 'Eternity in an hour'-is Michael MalanâÇÖs achievement in Midnight at the Chevron Station.áMalan makes his midnight hold Eternity, and his Chevron station show a whole World. This visionary collection is intimate, taking place 'here, in the land of you and me only,' but also vast, a full report on 'what I saw when I looked inside the book of stars.'áááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááá-H. L. Hix, author of Constellation In his new volume, Michael MalanâÇÖs lyrics and flash fiction perform acrobatic marvels wherein the real, magical, and surreal collide, yet they dance together in a harmonious and winning tango. These richly imaginative poems are musically alive and replete with small moments of grace and wonder, as when the poet notices 'a parachute opening like a flower in the sky,' and that '[i]tâÇÖs not easy to stand up in a stiff wind and wear your hair like heaven.' I love his touches of irreverent humor and his moments of Zen profundity that amalgamate fact and fancy, memory and longing: 'Everything you desire has its place in your / favorite mirage.' ááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááá-Maurya Simon, author of La Sirena: A Novella in VerseáWhat I find most intriguing about Michael MalanâÇÖs Midnight at the Chevron Station is his use of day-to-day details that bridge to the historical, and trail from there into the deeply imagined, preserving a time and place and energy for us all.áAs he writes in 'The Vanishing Prairie': 'Everything / is alive, even the pepperoni pizza in the oven.áEach piece leads to the visionary and the edge of the metaphysical where 'We are all drifting in the language of summer.'ááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááááá-Christopher Buckley, author of The Far Republics