His real name is notPoppa John. His life has been built upon a variety of disguises. Close to seventy, wise, crotchety, troubled, outspoken, he is one of those elusive individuals whose very shifts and turnings serve to make him more himself and entirely unique. Compressed, music-like, lit with humor,Poppa Johnis a small book of awesome content and dimension.
Larry Woiwode has been a Guggenheim Fellow, has won two awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has been Poet Laureate of North Dakota since 1995. His books include the novels
Beyond the Bedroom Walland
What I'm Going to Do, I Think, which won the William Faulkner Foundation Award for best first novel.