Taking the Names Down From the Hill Product Form:Paperback / softback each permeated by Czaga’s lively

each permeated by Czaga’s lively voice and quick-witted

-Gayla Reid

Johnston uses a minimalist prose style to depict sometimes-unremarkable happenings that are then transformed into resonant meanings

reciprocity and place with wisdom and tenderness

both tart and dreamy

Taking the Names Down From the Hill Product Form:Paperback / softback each permeated by Czaga’s livelyDescription Philip Kevin Paul is a rare young poet with the voice of an elder. A WS,NEC Indian from BCs Saanich Peninsula, Pauls oral tradition and life perspective are as old as the hills themselves, but their addition to Canadian poetry is long awaited and increasingly vital. Philip Kevin Pauls poems rise from the belly of awareness. With the movement of a snake, he weaves through the mind and digs into the senses with the grace and concentration of