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Posted June 24, 2020
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Alias
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- Subtitle Prose Poems
- Book Type Poetry
- by Eric Pankey
- Publisher (link) Parlor Press / Free Verse Editions
- Date Published January 2020
- ISBN-13 978-1-64317-140-1
- Format Paperback
- Pages 116pp
- Price $14.99
Alias is Eric Pankey’s second collection of prose poems from Free Verse Editions. In this collection, Pankey continues to investigate the flexibility and possibility of this literary genre, the prose poem, which Hermaine Riffaterre says has “an oxymoron for a name.” H. L. Hix has praised Pankey’s prose poems for their “elusive and luminous sentences” and how they “take the shape of fire.” Kevin Prufer has celebrated their meditations “on mystery, human sympathy, and the divine.” Cynthia Marie Hoffman says of these new poems, “One has the sense that Pankey sees beyond the visible, or sees both the visible and the invisible at once.” Buy this book from our affiliate Bookshop.org.
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Demon Barber
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- Book Type Poetry
- by Ruth Bardon
- Publisher (link) Main Street Rag Publishing
- Date Published June 2020
- ISBN-13 978-1-59948-810-3
- Format Paperback
- Pages 40pp
- Price $12.00
"Demon Barber wonderfully explores ‘this consolation prize, all of it,’ by which Ruth Bardon means life, all of it, the grace notes we celebrate, the absences that make those celebrations ache. And in this extended elegy, Bardon captures—skillfully—the voices of a party still going strong as well as the plaintive calls of those who’ve left early. Here is a poet, versed in loss, who gives us vivid scenes of complex consolation, prizes to cherish." —David Wanczyk, editor New Ohio Review
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I'll Be Here for You
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- Subtitle Diary of a Town
- Book Type Fiction
- by Robert McKean
- Publisher (link) Livingston Press
- Date Published September 2020
- ISBN-13 978-1-60489-252-9
- Format Paperback
- Pages 218pp
- Price $18.95
Set in the hardscrabble western Pennsylvania mill town of Ganaego, the interconnected stories in I’ll Be Here for You: Diary of a Town present an ethnic and generational stew of lives and passions.
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Johnny Cash International
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- Subtitle How and Why Fans Love the Man in Black
- Book Type Nonfiction
- by Michael Hinds & Jonathan Silverman
- Publisher (link) University of Iowa Press
- Date Published June 2020
- ISBN-13 978-1-609387013
- Format Paperback
- Pages 270pp
- Price $27.50
Across all borders, Johnny Cash fans show the appeal of an American performer who simultaneously inspires people worldwide. A Norwegian shows off his Johnny Cash tattoo. A Canadian vlogger sings “I Walk the Line” to camel herders in Egypt. A shopkeeper in Northern Ireland plays Cash as his soundtrack. A Dutchwoman coordinates the activities of Cash fans worldwide and is offered the privilege of sleeping in Johnny’s bedroom. And millions of people watch Cash’s videos online. In Johnny Cash International, Hinds and Silverman examine fan communities and the individuals who comprise them, profiling their relationships to Cash and each other, revealing new insights about music, fandom, and the United States. Buy this book from our affiliate Bookshop.org.
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A Place So Deep Inside America It Can't Be Seen
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- Book Type Poetry
- by Kari Gunter-Seymour
- Publisher (link) Sheila-na-Gig Editions
- Date Published April 2020
- ISBN-13 978-1-732940680
- Format Paperback
- Pages 64pp
- Price $16.00
In a time of inflated posturing and relentless self-promotion, Kari Gunter-Seymour's poems offer quiet intensity. Her work provides a refuge where one's curiosity, intelligence, and awareness of the complexities of contemporary Appalachian female culture and the struggle to hold on to "old ways" while embracing the new, take shape. The work is firmly and unapologetically attached to the poet's home soil. Each poem is earthy and rich, filled with imagery, exploring beyond the boundaries of feminism, science, and spirituality. There is specific cultural musicality of language and line, a strong sense of observation, giving readers a renewed sense of understanding and discovery of today's Appalachian woman. Buy this book from our affiliate Bookshop.org.
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Fiction Posted June 24, 2020
Ancestry, Eileen O'Leary, University of Iowa Press
Collective Gravities, Chloe N. Clark, word west press
The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing, Joseph Fasano, Platypus Press
Directory, Christopher Linforth, Otis Books / Seismicity Editions
Father Guards the Sheep, Sari Rosenblatt, University of Iowa Press
A Good Life Book Two: The Lily Trilogy, William Cobb, Livingston Press
The Home Stretch, Wayne M. Johnston, Black Heron Press
How to Walk on Water and Other Stories, Rachel Swearingen, New American Press
I'll Be Here for You: Diary of a Town, Robert McKean, Livingston Press
The Invention of Love, Sara Schaff, Split/Lip Press
Lost Girls, Ellen Birkett Morris, Touchpoint Press
One Small Saga, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Ugly Duckling Presse
The Rumphulus, Joseh G. Peterson, University of Iowa Press
The Unmasking, Lynn C. Miller, University of New Mexico Press
The World Doesn't Work that Way, But it Could, Yxta Maya Murray, University of Nevada Press
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Nonfiction Posted June 24, 2020
Johnny Cash International: How and Why Fans Love the Man in Black, Michael Hinds & Jonathan Silverman, University of Iowa Press
Red Zone: Cuba and the Battle Against Ebola in West Africa, Enrique Ubieta, Pathfinder Press
Wrong: A Critical Biography of Dennis Cooper, Diarmuid Hester, University of Iowa Press
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Poetry Posted June 24, 2020
Alias, Prose Poems, Eric Pankey, Parlor Press
Beside the Well, Donna Emerson, Cherry Grove Collections
Califia's Daughter, Devorah Major, Aquarius Press/Willow Books
The Calling, Bruce Bond, Parlor Press
The City I Run From: Poems of Tel Aviv, Dara Barnat, Turning Point Books
The Close Chaplet, Laura Riding, Ugly Duckling Presse
Crossing State Lines, Joseph Chelius, Word Poetry
Dead Shark on the N Train, Susana H. Case, Broadstone
Demon Barber, Ruth Bardon, Main Street Rag Publishing
Elsewhere, That Small, Monica Berlin, Parlor Press
Empire, Tracy Zeman, Parlor Press
Epochal Reckonings, J. P. Linstroth , Proverse Publishers HK
Gone Bird in the Glass Hours: A Poem Play, Zachary Asher, The Univeristy of Utah Press
Love Unaccommodated, Genevieve DiNatale, CW Books
Mirrorforms, Peter Kline, Parlor Press
Nuptial Favors: Assorted Scenarios, Ken Bazyn, Resource Publications
On Dufur Hill, Penelope Scambly Schott, Turning Point Books
A Place So Deep Inside America It Can't Be Seen, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Sheila-na-Gig Editions
Pool Party in a Body Cast, Martha Deborah Hall, Word Poetry
Raising King, Joseph Ross, Aquarius Press/Willow Books
Rare Wondrous Things: A Poetic Biography of Maria Sibylla Merian, Alyse Bensel, Green Writers Press
Rattle Young Poets Anthology: 2020, Rattle
The Republic of Song, Kelvin Corcoran, Parlor Press
River Voice II, Gary Metras, Adastra Press
Socrates at Verse: And Other Philosophical Poems, Christopher Norris, Parlor Press
This Apiary, Allie Marini, Glass Poetry Press
The Unexploded Ordinance Bin, Rebecca Foust, Swan Scythe Press
Vault, Alice Jones, Apogee Press
What is in the Blood, Ellen Stone, Mayapple Press
