Close to God by Oisn Roberts

“Oisn Roberts writes, “The thing I love talking to you about is everything. The thing I like about it is everything.” It makes me think about how much I like the everything ofClose to God for the declarations vibrating and pausing in the throat, then firing into the air we breathe! A launchpad, a trampoline, a cannon, a bursting seed, Oisn Roberts brings us the extraordinary drama of love and pulse as from the jaws of ancient poets alive in the 21st century!” – CAConrad

Close to God is the debut pamphlet by Oisn Roberts, combining pieces written for performance over the span of two years. In this pamphlet, Roberts reckons with the self in transition, speaking to his reader in an attempt to recover fragmented memories of childhood, relationships and discovery. Roberts finds transcendence in emptiness; he writes about feeling by getting you to feel something.

125 x 210mm, 32 pages

Published by Burley Fisher Community Press in September 2025.