{"title":"Available on Kindle and in Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our Available on Kindle and in Print collection. New Arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"october","title":"October","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\" 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'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-fareast-language: HE; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEva Eliav\u003c\/strong\u003e received her B.A. in English Language and Literature from The University of Toronto. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks: \u003ci\u003eEve\u003c\/i\u003e (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2019) and \u003ci\u003eOne Summer Day \u003c\/i\u003e(Kelsay Books, 2021). 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She is a six-time winner of the Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO Poetry Award, a recipient of two Pushcart Prize nominations, and several Poets \u0026amp; Writers Readings \u0026amp; Workshops Grants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eStern is an educator at Poets House. She’s taught poetry workshops at Poets House, WritingWorkshops.com, Off Campus Writers’ Workshop (OCWW), the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, the New York Public Library, CSAIR Adult Learning Institute, Hostos Community College, the Bronx Zoo, Edgar Allan Poe Visitor Center, and privately. Stern is the founder of SDGS Solutions, a communications and marketing consultancy. She’s worked at universities, cultural centers, and think tanks. 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Jean is crazy about knitting, yoga, playing classical piano, and making special meals for her family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFollow her at:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ejeanfeldeisen.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 130 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (January 9, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available on Kindle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePublicity:\u003cbr\u003eCrow's Feet: Life as We Age (Podcast)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268931350824,"sku":"xkn1787287133959","price":18.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/south-jersey-sand-a-memoir-in-poetry_1.jpg?v=1787287139"},{"product_id":"elegies-from-the-last-days-of-the-empire","title":"Elegies From the Last Days of the Empire","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJan Worth\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, poet, and essayist in Flint, Michigan. 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Then, in 1992, she was surprised to find herself in Houston, Texas, where it seems poetry was waiting for her. It’s been a rewarding, though challenging journey. 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Her recent publications include \u003ci\u003eCanary, ONE ART: a journal of poetry, The Orchard’s Poetry Journal, The Sunlight Press, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThird Wednesday. \u003c\/i\u003ePrior collections are \u003ci\u003eVireo\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eNight Snow \u003c\/i\u003e(2017\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKindness in Winter \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), published by Kelsay Books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 32 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (June 19, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available on Kindle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268931875112,"sku":"gbz1787287156751","price":11.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/my-wild-yard_1.jpg?v=1787287162"},{"product_id":"uncertain-times-poems-on-identity-love-loss-hope","title":"Uncertain Times: Poems on Identity, Love, Loss, \u0026 Hope","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJen OConnor\u003c\/strong\u003e holds MA and MFA degrees in Theatre and worked happily at Walt Disney Imagineering for many years. Her poetry and fiction are published in \u003ci\u003eThe Orchards Poetry Journal, American Writers Review, London Journal of Fiction, Sinister Wisdom,\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Ravensperch Literary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eTwo of her comic horror stories, “The Tall-Tale Heart” and “The Gig,” are included in \u003ci\u003eFlash of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e from Wicked Shadow Press. Jen won a grant from the Speculative Literature Foundation for her story “Second Hand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eSalvation,” which was also a finalist for 2024 Saints \u0026amp; Sinners Literary Festival Short Fiction Contest and published in its anthology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\"\u003eHer plays include “The Girl Who Would Be King\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e” a winner of Chicago’s Pride Films \u0026amp; Plays Women’s Words contest, and published by Stage Rights; “Taken For A Ride,” published in \u003ci\u003eFresh Words One-Act Plays;\u003c\/i\u003e and “Gayby’s Playdate,” a winner of the LGBTQ Festival in Los Angeles, produced around the country and in Seoul, South Korea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 70 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (June 24, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available on Kindle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52268931907880,"sku":"rqr1787287158511","price":15.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/1331\/0760\/files\/uncertain-times-poems-on-identity-love-loss-hope_1.jpg?v=1787287164"},{"product_id":"sweet-geometry","title":"Sweet Geometry","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeslie Contreras Schwartz\u003c\/strong\u003e is a multi-genre writer, a 2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow, the 2019–2021 Houston Poet Laureate, and the author of the 2022 C\u0026amp;R Press Nonfiction Prize winner \u003ci\u003eFrom the Womb of Sky and Earth,\u003c\/i\u003e a lyrical memoir. 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