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Sam Prestridge is a poet’s poet. His everyday stories about everyday people and their everyday struggles are told in a simple and direct language that belies the surgical skill used in composing them.
The poems of his collection A Dog’s Job of Work are equal parts of wit, pithiness, and poignancy. Perhaps what’s best about them is that they are meant to be read aloud. Which maybe is what truly makes them poetry.
“I’m grateful for Samuel Prestridge.” ~Roy Bentley
“…man, nobody can poem the blooze
like Samuel Prestridge.” ~Bill Nevins
It’s fair to compare Ed Ruzicka’s book of wanderlust to the great Beats—Kerouac, Ginsberg, Snyder. But In the Wind is not derivitive; rather it has its own distinctive voice. He (like the greatest poets) is a story-teller. And like the best stories, they include a lesson—if not a moral.
In Prayers for the Lost & for the Living, Dina Greenberg demonstrates her versatility as a poet, story writer, and visual artist. She is also a scholar, whose study of the war in Bosnia has guided much of her approach to each of these forms. Her novel, Nermina’s Chance, a literary companion of Prayers, dives even deeper into that history, exploring it from the point of view of a young survivor of the war’s horrific violence.
We note that just after the release of Prayers, Dina Greenberg was awarded a position as a Fulbright International Scholar. Her mission is to develop oral histories of the small Jewish community in Kosovo. She will be hosted by the University of Prishtina’s Sociology Institute.
“A brave and subversive book” ~Anne Becker
”Dina Greeberg explores what i
it means to be human.” ~Jill Gerard
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Like A Bird Released
Poems By Naomi Thiers
Naomi Thiers grew up in California and Pittsburgh, but her chosen home is Washington, DC, area. Her first book of poetry Only The Raw Hands Are Heaven won the Washington Writers Publishing House competition. Her other books are In Yolo County and She Was a Cathedral (Finishing Line Press) and Made of Air (Kelsay Books). Her poetry, fiction, and essays have been published in Virginia Quarterly Review, Passager Poet Lore, Colorado Review, Potomac Review, Sojourners, and many others. Her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and featured in anthologies and on public buses in Virginia. She works as an editor and lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Light Bending
Collected Poems By Bill Nevins
Bill Nevins is a poet, a songwriter, a journalist, and a retired University of New Mexico educator who has worked in various media including film and video. Bill grew up in the US northeast and has lived in New Mexico since 1996. Bill graduated from Iona College, did graduate work in literature at U. of Connecticut and U. California at Berkeley and visited Ireland, Spain, Mexico, NYC, New Orleans and other places during both troubled and happier times. He is a father and grandfather.
Smells Like Rain
by GregoryLuce
This is a collection is from a mature poet with a refined voice. Some of the work includes reminiscences of his youth in rural America. Luce also reflects on his Confederate ancestors, and how the values that motivated them have lost context in today's multicultural society. Another theme is how pioneering jazz musicians have provided him with inspiration. What ties together this bundle of topics is the poet's calm, lucid voice.
True Enough
Poems by Alan Abrams
So begins this chapbook, with an invocation by William Carlos Williams. Its poems ranges from Ovidian couplets to free verse, exploring love in its various forms, from eros, to the connections that tie families together. Abrams mourns the lovers he lost and the relationships he bungled: it was as though he had an uncanny knack for failure. But he cops to his bad choices, and bears this with humor, irony, and wit.
Sumud: Poems of the Palestinian Diaspora
Written by Paul Catafago
The son of a Palestinian immigrant, Catafago writes passionately of the generational trauma he bears--and how that trauma is magnified by Israel's horrific war against the people of Gaza. His words are lyrical, but simple and direct--meant to be spoken as much as read. The title of his book, SUMUD, comes from the Arabic word for steadfastness.
It Was in the Stars: A Sojourn in New Mexico
Written by Alan Abrams
In the spring of 1974, a troubled young man set out on a cobbled together BMW motorcycle, bound for Alaska. He stopped off to see an old girlfriend in Santa Fe, and remained in New Mexico for six years. These poems and stories were inspired by that sojourn. They include excerpts from Abrams' novel, The Journeys of Jack Isaksen.
The Teacher’s Mind Travels
Written by B.B.Reifner
Rief's book is a collection of poetry and stories grouped by themes--ranging from the author's youth, to his career as a junior and senior high school teacher, to his wife (and muse). His voice is raw and direct, no doubt formed by his domineering father, and by his experiences in combat during WWII. This book is about his search for redemption.