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A Place No Flowers Grow

by Michelle Anne Schingler

"A Place No Flowers Grow" is a modern fairy tale in verse that’s shot through with menace. A young couple in love has their happiness threatened by mistakes from their past in "A Place No Flowers Grow", Cheryl Cantafio’s dark,... Read More

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Neshama

by Michelle Anne Schingler

In Marcella Pixley’s aching novel-in-verse "Neshama", a lonely, gifted girl navigates middle school tensions and family secrets with some supernatural help. For Anna, who records ghost poems in her notebook and is ostracized at school,... Read More

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Bright Mornings, Lit Paths

by Ali Ortiz

Transmitting warmth and love for all creatures on earth, "Bright Mornings, Lit Paths" is a soothing religious poetry collection. Patti Jones Morgan’s faith-filled poetry book "Bright Mornings, Lit Paths" celebrates beauty in the world.... Read More

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God's Word in Verse

by Isaac Randel

Dealing with universal themes of Christian devotion, including doubt, praise, and forgiveness, God’s Word in Verse is an affecting poetry collection. Callie Turner’s slim poetry collection God’s Word in Verse borrows the imagery of... Read More

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Lonely Women Make Good Lovers

by Matt Sutherland

It’s not easy being Keetje—so truthstakingly, heartgapingly, cliffedgingly vulnerable and live. The experience of her poetry feels dangerous, capable of triggering changes both lasting and longed for. That she recognizes love as... Read More

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In the Bone-Cracking Cold

by Matt Sutherland

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is the least-populated region in the lower 48. Walking a riverbank, you are more likely to meet a black bear, wolf, bobcat, or whitetail deer than you are a human—which is why M. Bartley Seigel calls the UP... Read More

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