Categoría: Poetry Bookshelf
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Munmun “Sam” Samanta’s Review of «See Saw» by Ken Tomaro and Nolcha Fox
“Seesaw” is a captivating and engaging poetry collection sharing the collaborative efforts of Ken Tomaro and Nolcha Fox, who blend their distinct voices to explore the themes of love, loss, and memory, sauteed with a quirky sense of humor. “Why am I so hard on myself?That’s it, today’s the day!I’m…
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Featuring «Gunilla’s Garden: Poetry» by Sterling Warner
Amazon Book Description Stepping beyond conventions,in Gunilla’s Garden Sterling Warner fondly reexamines relationships and heart wrenching explorations of lifetime convictions once viewed with philosophic distance but now seen through the lens of loss where renewed longing finds solace among strangers, as well as memories that never fade. Praise for Gunilla’s Garden: Poetry…
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Meet Marzia Rahman and Her Book “Dot And Other Flashes : Where Dhaka Meets Kolkata”
Marzia Rahman is a flash fiction writer, an author, and a translator. She has been part of the Chewers by Masticadores family since 2024. Marzia’s books include: Marzia recently co-edited a Bangla book titled “Atith Theke Adhuna” (the bio of sixty-five women writers of Bengal and Bangladesh), and an international…
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Featuring DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER by John Yamrus
the place smelled like the blues itsmelled ofsweat and povertyand last night’s turnip greens. but,it’s where hedid his best writing. poemsfilled with sadness andthe agony ofa shot glass left emptyin a sink filled with dishes,tears and more than a little regret. ……………………………. ya gotta love it… i wasrejectedthis morningby a magazine aboutThe Beats and Beat Life. it…
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«Clouds of Pink» Video 5
Thanks to Christina Chin for creating this video! Thanks to Uchechukwu Onyedikam and Christina Chin for their collaboration! Deja un comentario
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Thank You, Lesley Scoble!
Thanks so much to Lesley for illustrating the cover of “Bro Ken Rengay: Unruly Poetry!” This is a reblog of her post: Broken Rengay Anthology: my book cover illustration Book Illustration Just thought I’d show off my cover for the brand-new release of Broken Rengay, a poetry collection by the brilliant…
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Olga Nuñez Miret’s Book Review: «Like Frail Boats on the Sea» (Little Sister Island Series Book 4) by Caren J. Werlinger
I write this review as a member of Rosie’s Book Review Team (author, check here if you are interested in getting your book reviewed) and thank her and the author for this opportunity. I have read and reviewed several of Caren J. Werlinger’s novels and enjoyed them all, but I must admit…
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Featuring «The Silver Wind» by Nellie Shulman
Excerpt from «The Silver Wind» Elle Beneath his feet lay the warm wood of the walkways. Mosquitoes buzzed around the yellow swamp flowers and spindly birch trees. The hills, overgrown with ancient pines, obscured the lake where Michael went, following a path strewn with fallen needles and gnarled roots. After…
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Featuring «Lion Speak» by Robbie Cheadle
Playing with Food We’re not at all hungryBut we still huntedWe took down a young wildebeest; deliciousRomping around will helpBuild our appetites The sun is getting hotAnd uncomfortableWe collectively decide to move our killTogether we drag itUnder a large bush Hunger finally knocksBut before we eatOne sister takes a stroll…
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A New Literary Magazine Is Looking For Your Work!
My friend and fellow editor, Kelly Moyer, started a new literary journal this month called “Circle of Salt.” She is looking for the esoteric — work that expresses the spiritual, the magical, the mystical, and the seasons and their changes. Submit up to 3 pieces of unpublished poetry (under 10…
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Robert Fillman’s Book Review of John Yamrus’ “Twenty Four Poems”
John Yamrus has built a reputation around his unpretentious affect and stylistic restraint, which he has honed for over five decades and across 29 volumes of poetry, including this one published in December 2022. Despite the author’s leaning toward minimalism, Yamrus’s latest offering, Twenty Four Poems, lands like a punch in…
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Featuring «Fragments in Time» a Memoir by Snigdha Agrawal
The Ballad of Tuuta: The Debonair Cat One birthday morn, a surprise delightIn a shoebox, soft cotton-linedArrived a kitten, palm-sizedA Siamese dude with a squinty eye. From a litter of eight, the finest got.A furry bean with a purring plot.Baba and Ma, on feeding patrolFed him milk in soaked Cotton…
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Featuring «Broken Rengay: Unruly Poetry» By Nolcha Fox, Melissa Lemay and Barbara Leonhard
Bro ken Rengay is a collaborative poetry collection by Barbara Leonhard, Melissa Lemay, and Nolcha Fox. Inspired by the rengay form-created by Garry Gay in 1992 as an alternative to renga and renku-this book follows the six-verse linked structure while playfully breaking its traditional rules. Originally, Barbara and Nolcha collaborated on…
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Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld Interviews Barbara Leonhard, Melissa Lemay, and Nolcha Fox About “Bro Ken Rengay: Unruly Poetry”
Congratulations on your collaboration resulting in Bro ken Rengay: Unruly Poems. With this big release, I know you must feel much anticipation and excitement. Tell us about Bro ken Rengay. So, what’s “rengay” anyway?” NF: Other than alternating 3-line/2-line stanzas and a startling lack of punctuation, I’ve written them several…
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«Clouds of Pink» Video 4
Thanks to Christina Chin for creating this video! Thanks to Uchechukwu Onyedikam and Christina Chin for their collaboration!
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Nolcha Fox’s Interview with John Brantingham and Jane Edberg: «My Dead»
NF: How did the two of you connect? JB: My wife and I ran a program up in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks that combined art and poetry. I was always shocked at the high level of writing and art that happened there. Jane probably surprised me the most…
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