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A world poet who happens to be from Lithuania, Kornelijus Platelis is famous for the wide range of his subject matter. In this collection we see his fine eye for detail and imagery in writing lyric poems that sing celebrations of feelings and passions familiar to us all yet made new by the power of poetic expression. Master poet Jonas Zdanys, whose first language is English and whose other first language is Lithuanian, offers us fresh, new lyric poems that began with the poetry of the noted Lithuanian poet Kornelijus Platelis.

In this engaging and accessible book of poems, Ken Hada offers readers an increasingly rare vision: the portrait of a man connected to the natural world, telling a life of loons, herons, candles, and campfires, rocks, stars, thunder, and the moon. These poems are clear companions in a world too often confused by concrete and steel, information overload and nature deficit-disorders. Read them slowly, one a day, or the book all at once through. You will find here respect, generosity, and gratitude. You will be glad you came.

Here are insightful poems for an age that craves information and celebrity gossip. Erin Murphy skillfully employs meter, rhyme, line, stanza and even erasure to shine lights on minor characters adjacent to the stars. Her instinct for narrative and formal variation delivers fine monologues that sparkle and surprise.

These are interviews with artists living in the Texas Hill Country. The artists speak of how they became artists, places and people who influenced them, how they came to the Texas Hill country, how they see themselves fitting into a community of artists, what they want to communicate with their work. Many also tell specific stories that illustrate much about their characters. The book contains many color photographs of the artists, their work spaces and studios, and their surroundings in the Texas Hill Country.

"A collection of contemporary poetry that examines nature, love, and fatherhood amidst the Black Lives Matter movement in America"--

"Locked is a play about an African-American family coming to terms with their past, present, and future in America. The family house has a mysterious old lock that ties them to their past, and when its rediscovered by the newest generation in the family, it reopens old family wounds that some would rather keep hidden. The play addresses systemic racism, the history of slavery, and the nature of freedom in America today"--

A collection of lyric poetry that explores the implications of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and desegregation on a city, families, and the greater discourse on race and social justice today. It is a heartfelt book written from the perspective of a Tulsan with deep roots in the city.