The Poet-Emperor of Earth

"This allegorical dialogue between God and man breathes with a laser-like satiric brilliance." - Greg Thrasher, Radio/television commentator, Washington, D. C. "A hypnotically hallucinatory world that illuminates the equally surreal one we live in." - Tom Stephens, activist attorney, Detroit "Higher-order insights: A must-read." - Greg Dunmore, Pulsebeat Arts, TV Channel 20, Detroit "A consummate and fearless advocate for human rights weaves a spellbinding and cautionary tale." - Dr. Gary A. Faber, retired West Bloomfield (Michigan) Schools Superintendent "This unique novella is a masterpiece. Also, Emperor-of-Earth 'Jones' more than 'just happens' to bear a more-than-passing and entirely un-coincidental resemblance to the book's prolific author-the poet Telford." - Michael 'Doc' Holbrook, social activist, the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center, Detroit "Telford is a rebel and a Renaissance man." - Huel Perkins, Fox TV2News anchor, Detroit "Everything that this prodigious author/athlete/educator/poet has set forth in this book-as well as in his other writings-he has lived by during an era of tumult in one of our nation's most chronically turbulent cities." - Prof. john a. powell, Chair of the Haas Institute at the University of California at Berkeley "John Telford is the champion of the underdog." - Dennis Archer, former Mayor of Detroit "Sensational! Telford is a hero to some, a real pain to others." - The Detroit Free Press, reviewing the Telford autobiography (www.ALifeontheRUN.com).