Category: Book Promotion
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: “Seesaw” by Ken Tomaro and Nolcha Fox!
I hope you like my new column “Barb’s Wordy Blurbs”. It’s my opportunity to share short reviews of books I’ve read and support authors. Today I feature “Seesaw” (Prolific Pulse Press, 2025) by Ken Tomaro and Nolcha Fox. I recall the seesaw, that teeter-totter on the playground. Seated on each end…
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Gratitude Reblogs
On MasticadoresUSA, I promoted Dawn Pisturino’s new book Ancient Voices: Poems About Ancient Egypt. When she reblogged my post, she surprised me with a boost for my new book The Lost Book of Zeroth. Thank you so much, Dawn! Our posts have sample poems.
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: Poetry Treasures 5 (Small Pleasures)
I’m delighted to have four poems in this gorgeous new anthology complied and edited by Kaye Lynne Booth and Robbie Cheadle. Other authors include DL Mullan, Jude Itakali, Ivor Steven, Robbie Cheadle, Michelle Ayon Navajas, Gwen M. Plano, Elizabeth Gauffreau, David Bogomolny, Dawn Pasturino, Maggie Watson, and Colleen Chesebro. Isn’t…
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News Break! AI Robot Barbie Sues Disney!
Thank you, Nolcha Fox for this breaking news on LatinosUSA-English Edition today! We definitely must keep up with AI Robot Barbie and her antics. She has come a long way since her humble beginnings at Mattel. She’s been “every girl’s dream since forever!” In 1959, I was 8 years old…
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: “Coming Home” by Smitha Vishwanath
Smitha Vishwanath posted that her book Coming Home is two years old this week, so I thought I would republish my review of it, which I published on MasticadoresUSA in September 2023. The Epigraph Poem for Coming HomeI dare to make mistakes I dare to ask for helpI dare to…
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: “Sunflower Tanka” by Robbie Cheadle & Colleen M. Chesebro
I was delighted to read this anthology of tanka, tanka prose, and experimental tanka called Sunflower Tanka. The theme “Into the Light” and the stunning cover photo by Robbie Cheadle drew me to this 2024 collection. Because I haven’t written many tanka, I decided to make this anthology my tanka…
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Books I’ve been reading …Wordy Blurbs …
Now that I’ve caught up on scheduling publications for MasticadoresUSA, FEED THE HOLY, and LatinosUSA-English Edition, and I’ve promoted my new book The Lost Book of Zeroth, and I’ve finished cooking meals ahead, I can boost some cool books I’ve been reading. Here is one collection of short reviews. More…
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I’m grateful for Dawn Pisturino’s Review of Too Much Fun To Be Legal!
Thank you so much, Dawn, for reading and reviewing Too Much Fun To Be Legal, a poetry collaboration by Nolcha Fox and me. Your interest and support means the world to us….. Dear readers, I’m enjoying the reception of my latest book with Alien Buddha Press: The Lost Book of…
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Reviews by Lauren Scott
Life is generous. I thought I found these reviews Lauren Scott wrote for the first time this evening while exploring people’s blogs. Then I saw that I had already commented. I don’t think I reblogged this post. However, I appreciated her review of my first poetry collection, Three-Penny Memories: A…
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So Grateful for Thoughtful Reviews of The Lost Book of Zeroth!
Today, I was delighted to read two reviews of my new book. The first one I saw is by Cindy Georgakas on Unique Times. In this post, she also reblogs a poem she wrote for MasticadoresUSA. You will appreciate the sentiments in her poem, which addresses the fear of diversity…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 