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Category: Books

Notes for a Praise Book

Notes for a Praise Book

October 23, 2012 Jacar Press 1 Comment

Jeff Hardin –

Jeff Hardin is extremely sophisticated, mature, and knows exactly what he is doing.

Toi Derricotte, The Undertaker’s Daughter (Pitt Poetry Series), Academy of American Poets’ Board of Chancellors

An “advocate of letting things lean as they must,” …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2012 Publications, Contest Winners, Full-Length, Jeff Hardin
...and love...

…and love…

October 2, 2012 Jacar Press

Edited: Elrod, Kaufman, Krawiec –

Poems by Marge Piercy, Sam Hamill, Dorianne Laux, Ron Rash, Lola Haskins, Stuart Dischell, doris davenport, Fred Chappell, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Alan Michael Parker, Michael Chitwood, Betty Adcock, Joe Millar, Nancy Simpson, David Huddle, Holly …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2013 Publications, Allison Elrod, Anthology, Debra Kaufman, Richard Krawiec
Amaranthine Hour

Amaranthine Hour

Jacar Press

Chera Hammons –

Winner of the Jacar Press Chapbook Contest

This is wonderful work. The poems in Amaranthine Hour are both vibrant and somehow modest at the same time, wonderfully reflective. The speaker has earned maturity and understanding yet realizes …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2012 Publications, Chera Hammons, Contest Winners, Full-Length
Smoke of Her Body

Smoke of Her Body

Jacar Press

Stephanie Levin –

Winner of the Jacar Press Full Length Book Contest

Sensuous and precise, these poems explore the boundaries and transgressions between parents, children, lovers: the ways we confine one another, the ways we break free.

“This one just …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2011 Publications, Contest Winners, Full-Length, Stephanie Levin
Bitter Acoustic

Bitter Acoustic

Jacar Press

Sharon Fagan McDermott –

Winner of the Jacar Press Chapbook Contest

A woman’s yearning and the inevitable losses of a life take shape, find meaning in the rejuvenating power of the natural world, and the rich textures of language.

“Here …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2011 Publications, Chapbook, Contest Winners, Sharon Fagan McDermott
Southern Fictions

Southern Fictions – Collector's Edition

Jacar Press

Kathryn Stripling Byer – Sorry, sold out.

A book of sonnets by Kathryn Stripling Byer

A rare, limited edition handmade book of sonnets about race relationships in the South by the former NC Poet Laureate. Each one of the 100 …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2011 Publications, Book Art, Collectible, Kathryn Stripling Byer
The Sound of Poets Cooking

The Sound of Poets Cooking

Jacar Press

Edited: Krawiec –

Sold Out. 

“This is the most delicious book on my bookshelf. The poems will make you laugh, cry and wax nostalgic. (Be sure to savor Gail Peck’s elegant poem How Considerate of Pears.) And the recipes will …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2011 Publications, Anthology, Richard Krawiec
The Next Moment

The Next Moment

Jacar Press

Debra Kaufman –

“Kaufman’s poems trace a journey of passion, emotional turmoil, loss and reconfiguration, sometimes in natural settings of almost mystical beauty. She can be exact: ‘the heron hushed and studious…’ Or lyrical: ‘…leaves swoop and skirt/the chilling wind …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2011 Publications, Debra Kaufman, Full-Length

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