Categoría: Poetry Bookshelf
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A Poetic Collaboration: «The Road»
The Road by Francisco Bravo Cabrera and Gabriela Marie Milton The road bends furtively round the passing years,avoiding those who stubbornly remain,like a mouse caught in a maze… The silent path curls back on itself, Like those who linger lost, within the flames of our Spanish maze. Like a ribbon pulled…
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Home Remedies: A Review by Peter Mladinic of Cancer Courts My Mother by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
What Is the Book About? «Cancer Courts My Mother» gives voice to the creativity borne out of the experience of late-stage cancer from the perspective of a caregiver and a daughter. Written with candor, warmth, and heart-wrenching grace, these poems explore universal themes of sorrow, resiliency, relationships, anger, hope, and love. This collection is for…
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“A Silent Scream in Four Corners,” Review of John RC Potter’s “The General Store at Four Corners” by Krin Van Tatenhove
I’m a big fan of John RC Potter’s writing, so I was excited to open his recent novella, The General Store at Four Corners. It’s one of three pieces featured in Body Lines, an annual journal published by Subtle Body Press. I was not disappointed! This is a tale of…
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Edward Ahern Reviews “The Illyrian Way” by Dearta Logu Fusaro
I picked up this book expecting a pleasant travelogue, and was blown away. Firstly, by the physical book. Fine books these days are mostly leather bindings, gilt lettering, and shaded paper. Not this one. The in-your-face front and back covers each have four differently sized cut-out circles, emblematic of the…
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Featuring «Abraxas» by Sterling Warner
Praise for Abraxas Sterling Warner’s Abraxas is a magical mystery world. The poems are snapshots of free spirits, a wide-ranging and vivid observation, appreciation, and exaltation. Music and philosophy weave through this wonderful book by a poet of singular vision and voice. These poems are “moon phases/tides & planet positions for…
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Total Quality Reading Interview of Todd Sullivan for “There Will Be One: The Windshine Chronicles, Book 2”
TQR: From your BA at Georgia State to your MFA at Queens College to … Taipei? That’s quite a leap, sir. What made you pull chocks and fly off to such a far flung, exotic destination? TS: First, I want to thank TQR for taking the time to speak with me. So, there’s actually…
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Featuring «Kiss the Heathens» by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Sample Poems Tippi Hedren CalledTippi Hedren called,I said.She wants her birds back.The woman I was with tried to shushme with a finger to my mouth.The pet shop kept the lizards beside the birds.In these tiny little cages like loneliness under a hot light.Some toothy sales kid on commission walked up…
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Featuring «The Poetry of Pronouns, Too» by Richard M. Ankers
What Is This Book About? Two friends will become lovers. A relationship revealed in the words exchanged back and forth through a cellular, glass divide. In this digital age of courtship, their story grows from the giddy joy of «What if?» to the finale of «What next?» and everything in-between.…
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Fisheries Reviews “My Life in Fish: One Scientist’s Journey” by Gary Grossman
You will learn how Grossman’s early life challenges were overcome and contributed to his worldview. You will read about his challenges connecting with family. https://academic.oup.com/fisheries/article-abstract/49/2/90/7810778?redirectedFrom=fulltext
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Featuring “Seriously!” by John Yamrus
One of the most prolific and respected poetry writers on the scene today, John Yamrus has been turning out his own brand of uniquely interesting poetry for more than 50 years. His new book, “SERIOUSLY!” is a collection of 31 new poems that blend his signature minimalism with a wild…
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Featuring «Ghosting My Way into the Afterlife» by Ryan Quinn Flanagan
Sample Poems from Ghosting My Way into the Afterlife Coffee Bean Coffee bean on the floor split down the middle like surgical ward incisions, who put you all the way down there, friend, as if starting a long climb from the foot of a volcano? You should feel lucky in…
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Kelp Journal (The Wave) Interviews KJ Hannah (Channie)Greenberg
My ideas often blossom during quiet times such as falling asleep (I used to keep a notepad on my nightstand), showering, or strolling. https://www.kelpjournal.com/post/photography-interview-with-kj-hannah-greenberg
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How Can Ryan Quinn Flanagan Write So Many books?
Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author who lives in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage. His work has been published both in print and online in such places as: The New York Quarterly, Rusty Truck, Evergreen Review, Red Fez, Horror…
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Total Quality Reading Reviews “There Will Be One: The Windshine Chronicles, Book 2” by Todd Sullivan
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Featuring “No One Sighs Over Wastrels’ Graves” by KJ Hannah Greenberg
It ill-serves poets to say one thing while creating something antithetical to that thing or to integrate new experiences so thoroughly with old ones as to render the new ones inconsequential. After all, words’ “significance” is negotiated between the writer and readers. For those reasons and more, No One Sighs…
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Scientist Sees Squirrel Reviews “My Life in Fish: One Scientist’s Journey” by Gary Grossman
But overall, you get the feeling that he knows what a joy it is to have a career doing something you love.