{"title":"2026 Bundle Titles","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our 2026 Bundle Titles collection. Hot Sale.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"unidentified-domestic-object","title":"unidentified domestic object","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeather Newman\u003c\/strong\u003e’s poems appear in \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eBarrow Street 4x2, Hanging Loose Magazine, Wisconsin Review, Hole in Head Review, Matter, MoonPark Review, The Pi Review, Love’s Executive Order, New Verse News, How to Love the World \u003c\/i\u003e(Storey Publishing), \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eVoices from Here, II\u003c\/i\u003e (Paulinskill Press), and more. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHeather received her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School in 2019. She and her husband divide their time between New Jersey and Vermont.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 70 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 6, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927451432,"sku":"hae1787286965785","price":13.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/unidentified-domestic-object_1.jpg?v=1787286971"},{"product_id":"why-i-dont-take-xanax","title":"Why I Don’t Take Xanax","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristine Potter\u003c\/strong\u003e is the poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eEclectica Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also been a chef, a ringer of tower bells at churches, a chorister, and a high school English teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003eEclectica, Rattle, Third Wednesday, Kestrel, Tar River Poetry, The McNeese Review, ONE ART, Does It Have Pockets, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily,\u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. Her time-traveling young adult novels, The Bean Books, are published by Evernight Teen. Her last full-length collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eUnforgetting,\u003c\/i\u003e is also on Kelsay Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristine lives with her husband Ken, a few ghosts, and their indulged kitty Bella in a very old Hudson River Valley house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 100 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (January 12, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927484200,"sku":"wfv1787286965833","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/why-i-dont-take-xanax_1.jpg?v=1787286971"},{"product_id":"grippy-socks","title":"Grippy Socks","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDory Warner\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author and staunch feminist based in New York City. She writes primarily young adult fiction and poetry, both of which she does with hefty assistance from her pug, Norbert. Two years ago she made herself a promise: to finish her poetry manuscript. \u003ci\u003eGrippy Socks \u003c\/i\u003eis the fulfillment of that promise. Last year she left her full-time job and now balances two part-time jobs with her writing. She is currently at work on a young adult thriller.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 52 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (January 9, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927516968,"sku":"tst1787286965912","price":12.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/grippy-socks_1.jpg?v=1787286971"},{"product_id":"erasure-marks","title":"Erasure Marks","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Fox\u003c\/strong\u003e, a Detroit-born teacher and poet who grew up in Warren, MI, currently resides in Portland, MI. She graduated from Michigan State University (BA) and Central Michigan University (MS). She spent many years teaching at Fowler High School and at Lansing Community College.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHer books include the chapbooks \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Rain \u003c\/i\u003e(Finishing Line Press, 2016) and \u003ci\u003eReading Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e (Finishing Line Press, 2019). She co-edited \u003ci\u003ePromptly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e Speaking \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e(2018),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe fourth Writing at the Ledges anthology. Her work appears in various journals and anthologies, including both \u003ci\u003eWords Across the Water\u003c\/i\u003e from reading with Chicago and Lansing Poetry Clubs (2021, 2022), as well as 2024’s Poetry Room anthology \u003ci\u003eLet’s Go!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIn her spare time, she performs with several area organizations to promote poetry and encourage oral poetry as an art form. Coaching other poets in oral presentations and setting up poetry readings in area libraries afford her opportunities to share her love of poetry. \u003c\/span\u003eOther organizations and venues with whom Mary collaborates and performs include: The Poetry Room, The Robin Theater, The Coffeehouse, and Writing at the Ledges. She finds helping others develop their poetic voices and promoting spoken-word are joyful experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWhen she isn’t writing, she enjoys swimming, attending plays and concerts, supporting social causes, socializing with friends and family, and reading.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 94 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 6, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927549736,"sku":"bso1787286966014","price":12.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/erasure-marks_1.jpg?v=1787286971"},{"product_id":"ants-and-lotus","title":"Ants and Lotus","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAbout Usha Akella\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsha Akella\u003c\/strong\u003e, was a finalist for Austin’s poet laureate in 2025. She has authored twelve books (poetry and plays) published by notable publishers such as the Sahitya Akademi, India and Spinifex Press, Australia. She holds three Masters, the most recent an MSt in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge, UK in 2018. Her poems have been translated into Romanian (upcoming), Macedonian and Spanish; notable, is the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMantis Editores (Mexico) Spanish translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e by Elsa Cross. She was a Creative Ambassador for the City of Austin for 2019 \u0026amp; 2015.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe is the founder of \u003ci\u003eMatwaala \u003c\/i\u003e(www.matwaala.com) dedicated to amplifying the visibility of South Asian diaspora poets in the U.S.A. Her work under this umbrella has gained wide recognition. She is co-host of www.the-pov.com, a website of curated interviews. She has been published in approximately 150 journals and anthologies, and featured at numerous international poetry festivals in Romania, Macedonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Mexico, India, Colombia, Nicaragua etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe is the editor of \u003ci\u003eHum Aisecih Bolte! This is just how we speak\u003c\/i\u003e an anthology on the city of Hyderabad (2023), a festschrift on Keki N. Daruwalla published by the Sahitya Akademi (India’s academy of letters) in 2024, and the co-editor of the 2025 version of the historic \u003ci\u003eShri Sai Satcharita,\u003c\/i\u003e a hagiographic biography of the revered saint Shirdi Sai Baba.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAbout Ruxandra Cesereanu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuxandra Cesereanu\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the most important contemporary Romanian writers. She was born in Cluj on August 17, 1963. Over the last two decades, she has been writing poems and novels lauded with a number of literary honors. She is also a professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at Babeş-Bolyai University and staff member of the Center for Imagination Studies at the Phantasma institute, serving as director of the creative writing workshops on poetry, prose and screenwriting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eCesereanu’s work displays strong influences from the Surrealist, Expressionist and Postmodernist traditions. Her experimental poetry uses psychoanalytic techniques to create collages, in which femininity and eroticism, life and death play large roles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHer work is not only very personal but civic. Cesereanu has experienced the uprising and fall of the Romanian communist regime. She has written about Romanian politics and is known for her civic activist work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eCesereanu’s poetry has been translated mostly in English (5 books published in USA) and Italian (2 books published by Aracne Publishers, in Rome) but also in Hungarian, German and French. She recently published \u003ci\u003eCalifornia (on Somes),\u003c\/i\u003e translated by Adam J. Sorkin (Black Widow Press, Boston, 2023). Her achievements have been noted in \u003ci\u003eWho’s Who in Contemporary Woman’s Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Jane Elridge Miller (Routledge, London and New York, 2001) and Harold B. Segel, \u003ci\u003eThe Columbia Literary History of Eastern Europe since 1945\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia University Press, New York, 2008).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePaperback: 110 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 14, 2026)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927582504,"sku":"lqa1787286966089","price":17.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/ants-and-lotus_1.jpg?v=1787286971"},{"product_id":"the-sound-of-heart-is-here-i-am","title":"The Sound of Heart Is Here I Am","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnn Iverson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and artist. She is the author of several poetry collections, a book of essays, and a series of children’s books. Her poems have appeared on \u003ci\u003eWriter’s Almanac,\u003c\/i\u003e and her poem “Plentitude” was set to a choral arrangement. Her artwork has been featured in a variety of venues. Ann continues to experiment with both visual and written art. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 112 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 6, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927615272,"sku":"ldi1787286966216","price":17.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/the-sound-of-heart-is-here-i-am_1.jpg?v=1787286972"},{"product_id":"my-spanglish-es-impecable","title":"My Spanglish Es Impecable","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWatch the book trailer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLynn Ciesielski\u003c\/strong\u003e had a fulfilling career working with children and adults with various disabilities. She taught for eighteen years in the public schools and worked another ten in the private sector. After taking an early retirement, she began to dedicate a lot of her time to reading, studying, and writing poetry and also hosted several poetry series around Western New York.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHer work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eIodine Poetry Journal, Main Street Rag, Buffalo News, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Wild Goose Poetry Review, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHer chapbook, \u003ci\u003eI Speak in Tongues,\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Foothills in 2012 and her full-length collection, \u003ci\u003eTwo Legs Toward Liverpool,\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Main Street Rag in 2015. In addition, she has several works in each of two anthologies self-published by her critique group, LitGarden Writers. They are titled \u003ci\u003eJust Twelve More Poems and Other Works, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTilting Toward the Moon,\u003c\/i\u003e and came out in 2019 and 2023, respectively.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 68 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 13, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927648040,"sku":"hyg1787286972799","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/my-spanglish-es-impecable_1.jpg?v=1787286978"},{"product_id":"at-the-redemption-center","title":"At the Redemption Center","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Sandor\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a BA from Vassar College and an MFA from Vermont College. A poet and fiction writer, her work has appeared in numerous publications. Her poem, “The Last Supper,” appeared in the anthology, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eStrange Fruit: Poems on the Death Penalty.\u003c\/i\u003e Most recently, her flash fiction story, “A Spare Kidney,” and poem, “The Perspective from Blue Bridge,” were \u003ci\u003eNew Millenium\u003c\/i\u003e Awards Honorable Mentions. Her poem, “Mirror Writing,” received an Honorable Mention in the 2024 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWebsite:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ewww.annesandor.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 68 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (January 3, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927680808,"sku":"lqt1787286976849","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/at-the-redemption-center_1.jpg?v=1787286982"},{"product_id":"searching-for-sisterhood-a-memoir-in-poems","title":"Searching for Sisterhood: A Memoir in Poems","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWatch the reading\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristine Baldino O'Hanlon\u003c\/strong\u003e’s first career was writing advertising—TV, print, online—for credit cards and cookie mixes. She retired from advertising when her first grandchild was born, and was inspired to return to writing poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe Bronx Years,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e her first collection (Finishing Line Press, 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e), recalls her rebellion growing up in an Italian-American family in the Bronx, NY. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSEARCHING for SISTERHOOD,\u003c\/i\u003e her poems take you inside the male bastion of advertising in the 1970s, working motherhood in the ’80s, finding sisterly support in unexpected places.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHer poems appear in \u003ci\u003eHer Words, Paterson Literary\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReview, Voices in Italian-Americana\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOvunque Siamo\u003c\/i\u003e (New Italian-American Writing), \u003ci\u003eJerry Jazz Musician, Silver Birch Press,\u003c\/i\u003e and in the anthology\u003ci\u003e Rumors, Secrets \u0026amp; Lies. \u003c\/i\u003eChristine lives with her husband Brian on the Upper Eastside of Manhattan.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 94 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 21, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927713576,"sku":"cej1787286977047","price":13.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/searching-for-sisterhood-a-memoir-in-poems_1.jpg?v=1787286983"},{"product_id":"book-of-common-breath","title":"book of common breath","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;\" class=\"sectiontitleCxSpFirst\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ed. ellis phelps\u003c\/strong\u003e’ poems, essays, and visual art have appeared widely online and in print. 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She is the prize-winning editor of more than a dozen anthologies and the founding editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003eformidable Woman sanctuary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"\u003e and of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003efws: international journal of literature \u0026amp; art,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"\u003e both digital publications.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;\" class=\"sectiontitleCxSpMiddle\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"sectiontitleCxSpMiddle\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"\u003eFind more about her here:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"sectiontitleCxSpLast\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"\u003ewww.dellisphelps.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 96 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 19, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927746344,"sku":"tii1787286977086","price":12.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/book-of-common-breath_1.jpg?v=1787286983"},{"product_id":"great-pond","title":"Great Pond","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEd Meek\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of four books of poetry and a collection of short stories. 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She holds a B.A. in English and M.A. in Education, both from Biola University where she remains a perpetual member of the Torrey Honors College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eHer work has appeared in various publications including \u003ci\u003eChristian Century, Dappled Things, Rattle: Poets Respond, The Saint Katherine Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWeber: The Contemporary West. \u003c\/i\u003eJen is continually rediscovering the power of word and world to startle and heal with beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 70 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (January 2, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927811880,"sku":"ffp1787286978734","price":15.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/instructions-for-waking_1.jpg?v=1787286984"},{"product_id":"the-invisible-ladder","title":"The Invisible Ladder","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e’s first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Joyful Dark,\u003c\/i\u003e was the Editor’s Choice winner of The McGovern Prize at Ashland Poetry Press. His third book, \u003ci\u003eDarkening the Grass,\u003c\/i\u003e was a “Must Read” selection of The Massachusetts Book Award (2013). His poem “The Different War” was the 2014 First Prize Winner of the W.B. Years Society Poetry Award and was anthologized in \u003ci\u003eYeats 150\u003c\/i\u003e (Lilliput Press, Dublin). His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review, the Sewanee Review, The New Republic, The American Scholar, Ontario Review, The Southern Review, Commonweal, Raritan, The Michigan Quarterly Review,\u003c\/i\u003e and other journals and anthologies. Born in 1940, Michael Miller served four years in the Marine Corps. 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Weeks\u003c\/strong\u003e is a recovering academic who moved West and moved on. Originally a Slavist with a Ph.D. from Stanford University, she has turned her hand to a variety of diverse pursuits: translating, editing, and running a piano studio, Weeks’ Wunderkinder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHer translations (scholarly and literary) have appeared in \u003ci\u003eRussian Literature Triquarterly, The Literary Review, South Central Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e the new renaissance. \u003c\/i\u003eShe coedited and translated for the anthology \u003ci\u003eCrossing Centuries: The New Generation in Russian P\u003c\/i\u003eo\u003ci\u003eetry \u003c\/i\u003e(Talisman House Press, 2000). She coedited \u003ci\u003eThe Great Uncluttering: The Collected Poetry of Carolyn Moore \u003c\/i\u003e(PCC Panther Press, 2022).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHer poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including the\u003ci\u003e Atlanta Review, Claudius Speaks, The Comstock Review, Journal of Kentucky Studies, Passager, Pegasus,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe MacGuffin,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMudfish,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNimrod, the new renaissance, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e the Worcester Review. \u003c\/i\u003eIt has also been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eAll We Can Hold\u003c\/i\u003e (Sage Hill Press, 2016). She has been a finalist\/semi-finalist for the Rash Award, the Zero Bone Competition, and the \u003ci\u003eMuse \u003c\/i\u003ePoetry Competition. She is the author of two chapbooks, \u003ci\u003eDeaf Man Talking\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mad Woman.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 104 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 14, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927942952,"sku":"ytg1787286985780","price":14.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/love-in-the-age-of-virtual-memory_1.jpg?v=1787286992"},{"product_id":"the-things-of-this-world","title":"The Things of This World","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e A native of Baton Rouge, \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Blanchard\u003c\/strong\u003e now lives in the Cadron Valley of Central Arkansas, where he is an adjunct professor of literature at the University of Central Arkansas and editor of \u003cem\u003eSLANT\u003c\/em\u003e, UCA’s international journal of contemporary poetry. He has also taught at Troy State University (where he was presented the Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching), North Carolina State University, and the University of Louisiana.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFor 20 years, he was also an advocate for compassionate care of the sick and dying through his work with hospice organizations in Louisiana and North Carolina. Previous publications include four other books of poetry, the most recent of which is \u003cem\u003eThe Pearl Diver’s Daughter \u0026amp; Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2023). His poems can also be found in \u003cem\u003eAlabama Literary Review, Quarry, Voyeur, Cave Region Review, Bayou Magazine, MockingHeart Review, Stone Poetry Quarterly, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Streetlight Magazine,\u003c\/em\u003e among others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 96 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 21, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268927975720,"sku":"xgn1787286985885","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/the-things-of-this-world_1.jpg?v=1787286991"},{"product_id":"letters-to-jimbo","title":"Letters to Jimbo","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNancy Owen Nelson\u003c\/strong\u003e’s poems appear in The South Dakota Review, Graffiti Rag, What Wildness Is This: Women Write About the Southwest, The MacGuffin, This\/That Lit (online), and Oberon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHer books include her memoirs, Searching for Nannie B (2015) and Divine Aphasia: A Woman’s Search for Her Father (2021); her poetry chapbook, My Heart Wears No Colors (FutureCycle Press, 2018) and Portals: A Memoir in Verse (Kelsay Books, 2019); and her full-length collection Five Points South: Poems from an Alabama Pilgrimage (Kelsay Books, 2022), which was chosen as the 2022 Book of the Year by the Alabama State Poetry Society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eNelson earned her B.A, in English and French at Birmingham Southern, and her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in English at Auburn University. She is the coordinator of the monthly Zoom program Poetry Vespers sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit. She currently serves as Managing Editor of 7 Points Press in The Shoals, Alabama.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eMost recently, Nelson has steered an effort to create a Poet Laureate for the City of Florence, Alabama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 60 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 21, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268928008488,"sku":"zsq1787286989301","price":15.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/letters-to-jimbo_1.jpg?v=1787286995"},{"product_id":"emblems-of-earth-and-light","title":"Emblems of Earth and Light","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR.J. Hejna\u003c\/strong\u003e is of French, German, and Czechoslovakian descent. He holds a master’s degree from University of Michigan, where he received a Hopwood Award for a book of poetry in 1979. From 1979 to 1982, he read his work as part of performances by a collective of dancers, pianist, and photographer called \u003cem\u003eSolo Alliance\u003c\/em\u003e. His poems have appeared in periodicals such as \u003cem\u003eBardic Echoes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePenwood Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEncore\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSow’s Ear\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 70 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 25, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268928041256,"sku":"pol1787286989323","price":13.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/emblems-of-earth-and-light_1.jpg?v=1787286995"},{"product_id":"burnt-fields-under-snow","title":"Burnt Fields Under Snow","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR.G. Pagano\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in Newton, Massachusetts. He resided in Italy for a time and frequently travels there with his wife, drawing on those experiences for his creative work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHis poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarrow House Journal, Lunch Ticket,\u003c\/i\u003e and Italian anthologies \u003ci\u003eNei Miei Occhi, Tu \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Ho Girato il Mondo per Incontrarti \u003c\/i\u003e(each associated with the Premio San Valentino–Atripalda, Italy). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHis lyrical sensibility also extends to his short fiction in \u003ci\u003eSQUID Online Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThirteen Bridges Review\u003c\/i\u003e; creative nonfiction in \u003ci\u003eThe Account: A Journal of Poetry, Prose, and Thought\u003c\/i\u003e; and forthcoming novella, \u003ci\u003eLike Magic\u003c\/i\u003e (Type Eighteen Books, 2027).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eBurnt Fields Under Snow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e is his first collection of poems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 74 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 19, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268928074024,"sku":"aca1787286990701","price":12.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/burnt-fields-under-snow_1.jpg?v=1787286996"},{"product_id":"looking-for-kerouac","title":"Looking for Kerouac","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Saba\u003c\/strong\u003e, a native of Pittsburgh, is the author of poetry collections \u003ci\u003eFlowers in the Dark \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e(Kelsay Books, 2023),\u003ci\u003e Calling the Names,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePainting a Disappearing Canvas\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Now he spends his time writing and painting at his new home in Maine with his wife, savoring visits from their grandchildren.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 112 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 23, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268928106792,"sku":"ctz1787286991605","price":16.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/looking-for-kerouac_1.jpg?v=1787286997"},{"product_id":"black","title":"Black","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndra Durham\u003c\/strong\u003e is a multidisciplinary artist that advances critical cultural dialogue and demonstrates an unwavering commitment to amplifying essential messages in contemporary art. Through poetry, sound production, modeling, visual art, and event curation (Notsuoh), Durham slices through conventional artistic boundaries like obsidian through silk. 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AllWriters’ offers online and on-site courses and workshops in all genres and abilities of creative writing, as well as coaching and editing services. Thousands of writers worldwide have gotten their start at AllWriters’, and thousands have continued their career there. Giorgio has taught for 31 years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eKathie lives in Waukesha, WI. Three of her adult children, Christopher, Andy, and Olivia, live close by, along with her grand-daughter, Maya Mae. One adult child, Katie, has wandered off to Louisiana where she teaches math at the University of Louisiana–Lafayette and lives among the mathematicians and alligators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ekathiegiorgio.org\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ewww.allwritersworkshop.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 88 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 24, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268928172328,"sku":"vxq1787286994899","price":15.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/the-birth-of-a-widow-collected-poems_1.jpg?v=1787287000"},{"product_id":"many-waters","title":"Many Waters","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvangeline Sanders\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet from Charleston, South Carolina. She received her MFA from the University of Alabama, where she taught English classes and served as an assistant editor for the \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review.\u003c\/i\u003e Her debut chapbook, \u003ci\u003eFlight of the Quetzal,\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Finishing Line Press in 2023. Her poetry has appeared in various literary journals, including \u003ci\u003eDelta Poetry Review, Sky Island Journal,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLittoral Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. 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She is a student at Western Michigan University, where she is earning an MFA in both poetry and teaching writing composition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe's active in the creative writing community running workshops, giving readings, and volunteering for \u003cem\u003eThird Coast Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. Although she loves her work, her favorite time of day is when she can simply read a book with a dog sleeping on her lap while her husband makes his incredibly deliciout burritos. 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He has been writing poetry since 2009 and has been active in the Athens, Georgia Word of Mouth spoken word community. Bob has been the featured reader at events in Athens, Cincinnati, and Austin, including churches, bookshops, bars, and gardens. He presented two multimedia poetry readings at the 2025 Wild Goose Festival in Harmony, NC. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eBob’s first book, \u003ci\u003eJourney to Embarkation—A Reflection in Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (Parson’s Porch Books, 2016), looks back on his life as a journey, reflecting on departures and encounters along the way. His second book, \u003ci\u003eBetween Birdsong and Boulder—Poems on the Life of Gaia\u003c\/i\u003e (Kelsay Books, 2024),covers the science-based story of the cosmos in lyric form. Bob lives with his wife by the Oconee River in Athens, and travels to England to visit his daughter's family and indulge his two granddaughters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWebsites:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ebirdsongboulder.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ethirteen-moons.com \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 146 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (March 20, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268928270632,"sku":"unw1787286998546","price":15.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/thirteen-moons-and-a-day-poems-on-seasons-relived_1.jpg?v=1787287004"},{"product_id":"prime-time","title":"Prime Time","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Heath\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Youngstown, OH. A graduate of Hiram College, with a Ph.D. in American Studies from Case Western Reserve, he taught American literature and creative writing at Kenyon, Transylvania, Vassar, and the University of Seville as the Fulbright professor of American literature. Since 1981, he taught at Mount Saint Mary’s University, where\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehe edited \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Monocacy Valley Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He retired as a professor emeritus in 2007. The William Heath Award is given annually to honor a student writer. In 2008–9, he was the Sophia M. Libman Professor of Humanities at Hood College. In 2022, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Hiram.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eHe authored many award-winning prose books, including \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Children Bob Moses Led \u003c\/i\u003e(Milkweed Editions, 1995; paperback, 1997), which is about the civil rights movement in Mississippi, and \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eDevil Dancer \u003c\/i\u003e(Somondoco Press, 2013) a neo-noir crime novel. His work was nominated for the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize. His book reviews and essays on Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, William Styron, Thomas Berger, Robert Stone, and Frank Bergon, among others, appear in newspapers, scholarly journals, literary magazines, reviews, and anthologies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eHe began publishing poetry in the sixties. 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Her first full-length manuscript—\u003cem\u003eAre We There Yet?\u003c\/em\u003e—follows four chapbooks. The first,\u003cem\u003e No Pine Tree in This Forest Is Perfect\u003c\/em\u003e, won the 1997 Slapering Hol Chapbook Competition. Dennis Nurkse, the judge, described it as “an incandescent collection.” \u003cem\u003eLeft Foot, Right Foot\u003c\/em\u003e, the most recent, is an illness and recovery narrative in 28 poems. Carl Little observes, “These unstinting, deftly crafted poems ‘contain the mess’ that is life.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eGoldsmith holds an Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University and is Professor Emerita of the City University of New York. She was on the faculty at two branches of CUNY, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and New York City College of Technology. There, she founded and directed the grant-funded Center for Intergenerational Reading. Its mission was to provide professional development for early childhood teachers preparing them to add family literacy workshops to their schools.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eA resident of Cushing Maine, Goldsmith enjoys the rich cultural life of mid-coast Maine where the particular light of day and the bright stars at night console and inspire her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePaperback: 112 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (March 10, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268928336168,"sku":"dax1787287003115","price":16.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/are-we-there-yet_1.jpg?v=1787287009"},{"product_id":"mending-the-nets","title":"Mending the Nets","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaureen McDole\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. She is a direct descendant of carnies, carpenters, and fishermen. This do-it-yourself ethos in her DNA infuses every area of her life. As far back as she can remember she loved to write.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe is the author of three books of poems, \u003cem\u003eExploring My Options\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), \u003cem\u003eLonging for the Deep End\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), and \u003cem\u003eFeast \u003c\/em\u003e(2021). She has an English BA with Literary Studies Concentration from University of South Florida and a Certificate in Arts \u0026amp; Culture Strategy from University of Pennsylvania. Her poetry has been set in a variety of different ways including: film, dance, spoken word, art installations, \u003cem\u003eSprechstimme\u003c\/em\u003e, and traditional vocal works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eMaureen has been leading workshops and speaking about creativity and leadership for over 20 years. She founded the literary arts organization Keep St. Pete Lit in 2013 because she believes wholeheartedly in the power of literature to change the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe is the artist-in-residence at GISJane, working in the fields of water restoration, climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, and community resiliency. 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Her poems seek comfortable seats in small well-lit places, including \u003ci\u003eLilith Magazine, The Comstock Review, Indianapolis Review, Gyroscope Review, The Post-Grad Journal, Does It Have Pockets?, Anti-Heroin Chic, Ritualwell, Persimmon Tree, Northwind Treasury, RockPaperPoem, Ginosko,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRise Up Review\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Born in Philadelphia, she subsequently lived in the Philippines and Nigeria while her father worked for the United Nations. She attended boarding school in Folkestone, England in the mid-sixties but dropped out of high school in 1969, leaving for San Francisco. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eAfter waitressing and living in Bennington, Vermont and Cocoa Beach, Florida, she finally received a B.A. in Art Education and M.P.A. from Penn State. Although public administration was not her strong suit, public policy was, and she worked for politicians for 30 years. In addition to creating poetry, Sage likes to paint portraits and abstracts, walk, and explore cities. She is also at work on a memoir. 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