Category: Book Promotion
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Too Much Fun To Be Legal: Preorder News!
Nolcha Fox and I have a fun-loving poetry book out with the Garden of Neuro called Too Much Fun To Be Legal. The poems are light-hearted views of grief, love, aging, mischief, marbles, socks, the UPS Guy, and you name it. We collaborated on writing the poems, taking turns with the stanzas until we…
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Ten Poems in Spartan Press’s Anthology of Missouri Poets: Rough-Cut Elegies
I’m grateful to Jason Ryberg, the Editor-In-Chief at Spartan Press, and Editor Sharon SingingMoon for inviting me and other Missouri poets to submit 10 poems each. I’m honored to be included with the other poets in this anthology. Poets in Rough-Cut Elegies: An Anthology of Missouri Poets Click Here to…
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Poem Up in Cadence, an Anthology Published by Prolific Pulse Press!
I am delighted to have a sonnet in this anthology. My gratitude to Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld and Zaneta Varnado Johns! Their announcement… 🌟✨ We are thrilled to present these exceptional poems crafted by devoted poets! ✨🌟 When we issued the call for submissions, we encouraged writers to contemplate these questions: •…
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Poems Translated into Albanian by Angela Kosta & Published in an Albanian Anthology!
I would like to thank Angela Kosta for translating three of my poems into Italian and Albanian. I have fallen behind on reblogging all the publications of the poems in those languages. They’ve made the rounds in various online and print magazines abroad. Angela has an amazing repertoire of venues…
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Poems Published in Italian!
Thank you, Angela Kosta, for translating three poems from my book Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir into Italian! I’m delighted beyond belief. Here is a snippet. I hope you enjoy the translations in the rest of the article! The English poems follow the translations. EROSIONE Il giardino un tempo piantato…
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Reliving Grief at Poetry Readings
Sensitive Content: Abortion and Miscarriage I’m busy with final preparations for a major reading from my poetic memoir, Three-Penny Memories. the reading will also include a PowerPoint presentation about why my poetry book reads like a novel. I’ve been working on this presentation for months and even gave a version…
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“One Petal at a Time” by Joni Karen Caggiano: My Review
I was honored and delighted to write a review of Joni Caggiano’s stunning debut poetry collection, One Petal at a Time (Prolific Pulse Press, 2024). It’s published on MasticadoresUSA. I invite you to go there to read the review and preorder the book on Amazon. The details are in the…
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Interview up with Robbie Cheadle on Writing to be Read!
Thank you, Robbie Cheadle, for sharing my insights on poetry and reviewing my book, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir for Treasuring Poetry on Writing to be Read!I invite you to read the interview, which is linked below. In it I explored the use of metaphor in Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “The…
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A New Review up on MasticadoresUSA!
I was honored to be asked to review Mark Hofmann’s book. I hope the review inspires you to purchase Good Mourning! Mark is an award-winning Herald-Standard columnist. This review has a link to one of his columns. Humorists are so needed in these stressful and troubling times, don’t you think?
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My Review of Walter Bargen’s New Poetry Book, Radiation Diary: Return To the Sea
This review is up today on MasticadoresUSA. Walter’s powerful poems in this collection address his battle with prostate cancer. His use of metaphors is masterful. I hope this review inspires you to read his book.
