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Tag: 2014 Publications

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Marks of the Witch

November 24, 2014 Jacar Press

Catherine Carter

Available on Kindle.

“Catherine Carter’s poems wrestle with contemporary human dilemmas: identity, aging, nostalgia, desire, as well as our place in the natural world. I’m drawn to her diction, spiky and sharp, grounded in the imagery of experience.”…

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2014 Publications, Catherine Carter, Chapbook, Contest Winners, Women Poets
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Music from Small Towns

October 18, 2014 Jacar Press

Al Maginnes

Available on Kindle.

“What I love about these poems is how they manage to be so eloquent without being pretentious. I’m also drawn to the way Maginnes juxtaposes fire and its quick losses with fire’s complement, slow vanishing. …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2014 Publications, Al Maginnes, Contest Winners, Full-Length Collection
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Widow Poems

August 28, 2014 Jacar Press

Betty Adcock

OUT OF STOCK.

These deeply moving poems about grief, its aftermath, and learning to embrace the world again rank with Betty Adcock’s finest work.

A new book of poetry by the author of six award-winning collections from LSU …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2014 Publications, Betty Adcock, Chapbook, Women Poets
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Feeding the Light

July 16, 2014 Jacar Press

Jaki Shelton Green

Also available on Kindle.

“Rooted in hypnagogic logic and deeply seated in the tradition of Jayne Cortez, Quincy Troupe and Ntozake Shange, Jaki Shelton Green’s verse narratives pay homage to the orphic ethos of the mythmaking South …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2014 Publications, Black Poets, Chapbook, Jaki Shelton Green, Women Poets
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Steal Away

Jacar Press

Shelby Stephenson

An intimate, tender and lyrical chapbook that looks back at a childhood, where friendship, family, and slavery intersect. These poems ponder the conflicted emotions, from joy to sorrow, that come from meditating on one’s legacy.

Shelby Stephenson’s Family Matters: Homage to …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2014 Publications, Chapbook, Shelby Stephenson, Women Poets
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