Lies I’ve Heard or Told “Lies I’ve Heard or Told is on the outside a small book, but on the inside it stretchesfrom Kansas to Scotland to Bosnia and back again. Poage is an acute observerand an unusually cosmopolitan writer—he
New Poetry: WHY DOES SHE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HER HUSBAND?
A new poetry book is born!! Blue Cedar Press announces the publication of WHY DOES SHE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HER HUSBAND? by David Romanda. Mr. Romanda is a Canadian citizen and has lived in Japan for the past 17 years.
Presenting New Books from Gretchen Eick and Reggie Jarrell
Two of our authors presented their new books Dec 1. Dr. Reginald Jarrell’s book 31 Days [Nights]: Memoir of Living Black in America is a series of short essays about his life here in Wichita and across the U.S. A
Best Blurb
The best “blurb” I have ever seen advocating for the reading of a book is the following: ‘Read these poems.’ Stephen Spender’s “blurb” on the back cover of COLLECTED POEMS 1945 – 1990 by the Welsh poet, R. S. Thomas.
We, the House readings
Dr. Reggie Jarrell at Kansas Authors Club
Michael Poage Teaching
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Poet Talk with Michael Poage
PIECE BY PIECE
PIECE BY PIECE You say that to analyze me like taking apart a clock is the way you can build trust. I admit I can be taken apart without much effort. Does it work both ways? I remember when I
On Villanelles, Jigsaw Puzzles, and Covid-19
by Denise Low Jigsaw puzzles occupied my husband and me as we outlasted the Covid-19 lockdown. The tidy, closed borders of the puzzle had a recursive quality that reminded me of poetry forms. “Recursive” is a term I learned from