Bøger af James Benger

"The 365 collections are remarkably consistent in delivering everything you can imagine. In fact, reading through 365 Days, Volume 3 is like lounging in a hammock, strawberry lemonade at hand, while the winds of poetic voice buoy you from heartache to bliss and back again. Every page is a refreshment. Hats off the editors, for compiling yet another top-shelf collection."-Jason Preu, author and cult leader"With their different styles and themes, these poems by twenty-three different authors are like a salad where vegetables, fruits, and seeds in a variety of colors, shapes and textures come together to create a whole that is larger than the sum of its parts. The poems muse about octopus dreams and bathrooms in paradise, compare artichokes and motherhood, tell stories, recall memories. One of the poems claims "Almost everything/in life could be shorter." Not this book."- Agnes Vojta, author of The Eden of Perhaps (Spartan Press 2020)

James Benger is a father, husband and writer. His work has been featured in several publications. He is a member of the Riverfront Readings Committee, is on the Board Of Directors of The Writers Place in Kansas City, and is the founder of the 365 Poems In 365 Days online poetry workshop and is Editor In Chief of the subsequent anthology series. He lives in Kansas City with his wife and children. Jason Baldinger is a poet hailing from Pittsburgh who recently finished a stint as writer in residence at the Osage Arts Community. He is co-director of The Bridge Series reading series, the author of several books including This Useless Beauty (Alien Buddha Press), The Ugly Side of the Lake (Night Ballet Press) written with John Dorsey, and Little Fires Hiding (Kung Fu Treachery Press) written with James. The collection Fragments of a Rainy Season (Six Gallery Press) is forthcoming. Recent publications include the Low Ghost Anthology Unconditional Surrender, The Dope Fiend Daily, Outlaw Poetry, Uppagus, Lilliput Review, Rusty Truck, Dirtbag Review, Red Eft Review, In Between Hangovers, Your One Phone Call, Winedrunk Sidewalk, Anti-Heroin Chic, Nerve Cowboy Concrete Meat Press, Zombie Logic Press, Ramingo's Porch, Rye Whiskey Review, Red Fez, Mad Swirl, Blue Hour Review, Mojave River Review, Cajun Mutt Press and Heartland! Poetry of Love, Solidarity and Resistance. You can hear Jason read poems on recent and forthcoming releases by Theremonster and Sub Pop Recording artist The Gotobeds as well as at jasonbaldinger.bandcamp.com

James Benger and Tyler Robert Sheldon team up for this split investigating the power of life on the road, with the focus of high beams on country roads and the squealing tires of sudden veering, these poems will take you for a ride you won't want to end. Gritty, potent and earnest, these two poets work together to create a wrenching tale.