John Delaney retired after 35 years in the Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections of Princeton University Library, where he was head of manuscripts processing and then, for his last 15 years, curator of historic maps. He has written a number of works on cartography, including Strait Through: Magellan to Cook and the Pacific, First X, Then Y, Now Z: An Introduction to Landmark Thematic Maps, and Nova Caesarea: A Cartographic Record of the Garden State, 1666-1888. These have extensive website versions. He has written poems for most of his life, and, in the 1970s, he attended the Writing Program of Syracuse University, where his mentors were poets W. D. Snodgrass and Philip Booth. No doubt, in subtle ways, they have bookended his approach to poems. His poetic publications include Waypoints (2017), a collection of place poems, Twenty Questions (2019), Delicate Arch (2022), poems and photographs of national parks and monuments, Galápagos (2023), a collaborative work of his son Andrew’s photographs and his poems, Nile (2024), poems and photographs about Egypt, and Filing Order: Sonnets (2025). He lives in Port Townsend, WA.
PRAISE:
This is a sweet book.
–Joyce Carol Oates, award-winning novelist and storywriter, author of The New Kitten, The Sophisticated Cat
The human-animal bond and its positive impacts on both mental and physical health and quality of life is something that isn’t talked about enough, in my opinion. John’s collection of poems and photos illustrate that bond and highlight all the little things that bring so much enrichment and purpose to our lives as cat parents. I hope this collection inspires others to open their hearts and homes to the joys of having a cat (or two) join your family.
–Jen Dupree, Executive Director of the Humane Society of Jefferson County, WA [Ramen was adopted at their shelter.]
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