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Tag: Full-Length Collection

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God Shattered

September 1, 2019 Jacar Press

Debra Kaufman

Crows and mirrors, shadows and mothers. Moving seamlessly between lyric and persona and always telling a piece of a larger story, God Shattered offers poems that are home to many familiars-family and community, landscape and weather, fairy tales, …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2019 Publications, Debra Kaufman, Full-Length Collection, Women Poets
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Trawling the Silences

May 8, 2019 Jacar Press

Kathryn Stripling Byer

Out of Stock. Available on Kindle and Audible.

When she died suddenly from lymphoma in June 2017, Kathryn Stripling Byer had just completed her 7th, and what would be her last, collection of poetry, Trawling the Silences. …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2019 Publications, Full-Length Collection, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Women Poets
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Bulletproof

February 8, 2019 Jacar Press

Matthew Murrey

Available on Kindle.

“A generous range of thought-worthy subjects, approached with simplicity, wisdom, and a deft use of language.”

Marilyn Nelson

The poems in Bulletproof look at the joy and dread of being alive in this world. Even …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2019 Publications, Contest Winners, Full-Length Collection, Matthew Murrey
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Life Without Furniture

June 1, 2018 Jacar Press

Sharon Fagan McDermott

“In Life Without Furniture ‘the whole visible world flows through one white birch.’ Sharon Fagan McDermott inhabits the spaces between the common and the uncommon: the rich landscapes between ‘A State of Un-Union’ and ‘Driving Home After …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2018 Publications, Full-Length Collection, Sharon Fagan McDermott, Women Poets
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Yes, We Be

February 5, 2018 Jacar Press

Patrick Howell

OUT OF STOCK.

Yes, We Be is an integrated-design poetry book that connects with the Black Arts Movement, Harlem Renaissance, and Afro-Futurism. Proceeds will benefit Black Lives Matter, SistaWRITE, and COR AME community programs.

“Patrick Howell’s Yes We …

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Posted in: Books, New Voices Filed under: 2018 Publications, Black Poets, Book Art, Full-Length Collection, New Voices, Patrick Howell
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Anonymous

January 12, 2018 Jacar Press

Monique-Adelle Callahan D.

Available on Kindle.

“Anonymous follows vulnerable bodies impelled to service-for work, lust, purgation, and song. Even that last knells from halls where ‘the applause is from the whips.’ This, the caustic art of Monique-Adelle’s often brutal debut: …

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Posted in: Books, New Voices Filed under: 2018 Publications, Black Poets, Full-Length Collection, Monique-Adelle Callahan D., New Voices, Women Poets
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Dazzle

Jacar Press

Alison Stone

“With a jeweler’s lapidary skill, Alison Stone has fashioned a string of gemlike poems that indeed (dare I say it?) dazzle-with wisdom, wit, and brio. She’s crafted every line to a high polish, rich in metaphor and music. …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2017 Publications, Alison Stone, Full-Length Collection, Women Poets
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Ghazal Cosmopolitan

October 16, 2017 Jacar Press

Shadab Zeest Hashmi

“A marvelous interweaving of poetry, scholarship, literary criticism and memoir…”

Marilyn Hacker

“…a gift that enriches our literature…”

Eleanor Wilner

“…a celebration of, and a love letter to, the language of the world…”

Fady Joudah

“…a smorgasbord …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2017 Publications, Full-Length Collection, Ghazals, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Women Poets
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In Case of Sudden Free Fall

August 28, 2017 Jacar Press

Deborah Bogen

“Grown-up poems for grown-ups.”

Stuart Friebert

“I loved reading In Case of Sudden Free Fall, Deborah Bogen’s beautiful and remarkable oneiric prose poem collection. A delicious gem, it takes the reader on a soulful and transformative journey. Under …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2017 Publications, Contest Winners, Deborah Bogen, Full-Length Collection, Women Poets
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A Dog’s Life

August 30, 2016 Jacar Press

Adam Scheffler

Winner, 2016 Jacar Press Full-length Contest

“A Dog’s Life is a delightful romp through Americana by way of ‘real’ America with sly, politically engaged poems. Though this poet issues a rallying cry against ‘siren songs of entertainment,’ his …

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Posted in: Books Filed under: 2016 Publications, Adam Scheffler, Contest Winners, Full-Length Collection

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