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Words to Live

by Jessica Mehta

"Words to Live" is an aptly named collection of inspiration and life analysis, with a generous seasoning of love and warmth. In "Words to Live", Dan Semenoff crafts poetry that’s accessible to all audiences without relying heavily on... Read More

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Unapologetic Poetry

by Robert Foreman

These are unapologetic, necessary poetic expressions that deliver powerful statements on matters personal and political. The poems in Michelle Smith’s "Unapologetic Poetry" touch on a range of subjects and dramatic situations. Most... Read More

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Poems for Everyone

by Letitia Montgomery-Rodgers

These poems are a diaristic portrait of a man’s creative process; the light verses are a gift. David Talbot’s "Poems for Everyone" is a topically indiscriminate collection, a volume that reflects one man’s quest to understand his... Read More

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The World As Is

by Matt Sutherland

Sixteen collections of poems. Poet Laureate of Colorado 2014–2018. Literary magazine editor. Literary book publisher cofounder. Judging the man by his poetry, Joseph Hutchison is as sane and sensitive as poet’s come, with the writing... Read More

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The Afflicted Girls

by Matt Sutherland

Like some white-coated poet-anthropologist, Cathleen Calbert’s ginned-up history of notable off-center women takes dead aim at what you thought you knew. A Pushcart Prize and The Nation Discovery award winner*, The Afflicted Girls* is... Read More

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Letters from Limbo

by Matt Sutherland

Jeanne Marie Beaumont writes the sort of poetry that causes page-turning hands a split second of hesitation—oh, lord, what will we face next? Limbo, in these pages, has physical borders and a ministry of culture where Beaumont issues... Read More

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Written in the Dark

by Matt Sutherland

The depraved nature of the two-and-a-half-year siege of a cultured European metropolis further confirms the Nazis’ unmatched penchant for evil. One million citizens died of starvation, bitter cold, relentless shelling. During the war,... Read More

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