PAUL PINES ON VERSE DAILY

Congratulations to Paul Pines who has a poem featured in VERSE DAILY! His poem "Baseball" is from his book MESSAGE FROM THE MEMOIRIST (Dos Madres Press) and it begins impressively with

God sometimes speaks to me with the voice of Carl Furillo

You can see the entire poem HERE!

A NEW JASON MCCALL REVIEW!

Jason McCall's award-winning book, DEAR HERO, receives a lovely review from MUZZLE.  You can go HERE for the entire review written by Jacob Victorine, which begins:

It’s rare to find a book of poetry that successfully rewrites mythology by engaging contemporary questions and beliefs. Too often it seems writers are content to revisit the already written lives of mythological figures instead of using their outlines to challenge our perception of past and present. For the latter, Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red comes to mind as does, now, Jason McCall’s Dear Hero,--a stunning and subversive collection that re-imagines parts of the author’s life through classical and comic heroes. Winner of the 2012 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize, the book should have garnered more attention over the past two years. What McCall does in fewer than sixty pages is far from easy: give new life to characters that have been written about so much it’s nearly impossible to avoid cliché. 

Congratulations, Jason!

MORE PRAISE FOR CAROLYN HEMBREE

We're delighted to share some wonderful news about Carolyn Hembree's manuscript which recently received Marsh Hawk Press' Rochelle Ratner Prize, selected by Stephanie Strickland:

 "Trio House Press is pleased to announce that Neil Shepard has selected Carolyn Hembree's Rigging a Chevy into a Time Machine and Other Ways to Escape a Plague as the winner of the 2015 Trio Award. The annual award is for a first or second book of poetry by an emerging poet writing in English and currently living in the United States. The book is forthcoming in the spring of 2016." 

Congratulations Carolyn!

A BASIL KING READING!

Tomorrow - Tuesday, June 23, at St. Marks Bookshop, 136 East 3rd Street these days, Baz King, Sue Sherman and Ron Kolb will be reading from new books. 7 PM. Cool! Please join us.

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EILEEN TABIOS REVIEWED IN MANDALA WEB

To live poetry

instead of just marking

words on a page—

none of it too much

or too little

It is only what it is

and all of it is

perfectly pitched

Eileen Tabios' latest book, the experimental biography AGAINST MISANTHROPY: A LIFE IN POETRY, is reviewed in Mandala Web by Allen Bramhall.  You can see the review HERE but here's an excerpt:

Her work exceeds the boundaries of limning poems in the moody moonlight, adjectives and dotted i's. It stands as a decalcification, if you will.

I write about this book because it brims with useful tabiosity. The relatable aspect of how Eileen places her work within the interests and imperatives of her life delivers a good and useful impact. In terms of any work, the message says, accept who you are, where you have been, listen, and trust that your engagement can touch something beyond you. That’s simple enough, even for an educated person.

I know that the word poetry will set a barrier for some people, but this gallimaufry of direct resonance from Eileen’s working machine seems to offer many pastures. It would be the reader of choice who read this book and did the central whatever of their life. As a final notion, always take note of balloons in hallways.

2015 MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZES!

We are delighted to announce, with Judge Stephanie Strickland:

Prize Winners and Finalists of the 2015 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prizes Tana Jean Welch Winner of the 2015 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize Cash prize of $1,000 and Publication of Book Carolyn Hembree Winner of the 2015 Marsh Hawk Press Rochelle Ratner Prize Cash Prize of $250 Nikia Chaney Winner of the 2015 Marsh Hawk Press Robert Creeley Prize Cash Prize of $250 Honorable Mention Jamie McGraw, Elizabeth Aoki 2015 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize Finalists Michelle Boisseau, Angela Ball, Susan Lewis, Jenny Mueller, Joan Baranow, Mary Newell, (in collaboration with: Will Alexander, Joe Giglio, Heller Levinson, and Linda Lynch), Christy Sheffield Sanford, J.L. Conrad, George Kalamaras and John Bradley, Helen Comay, Ken Taylor, Steve Myers, Kimberly Burwick, Peter Vanderberg, Lynn Sadler, Rebecca Lilly, Jim Nye

PAUL PINES RECEIVES BEST BOOK AWARD!

Congratulations to Paul Pines whose book, FISHING ON THE POLE STAR (Dos Madres), just received the Adirondack Center for Writing's Best Book of Poetry for 2014!

Information about Paul's book, including a sample poem, is available HERE.