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26 us poetry ground forces paul allen the irresistible truthtelling at the heart of paul allen s work brings a joy of fellow feeling seldom available in contemporary poetry michael heffernan paul allen teaches courses in poetry form and meter and writing song lyrics at the college of charleston in charleston sc where he is professor of english his poems have appeared in a number of journals including northwest review and the southern review as well as in several anthologies finding the gossamer patrick hicks in several versions of ancient mythology the spider is the creator of the universe a weaver of reality a goddess that has built an intricate web to support the story of life our lives and the lives of the dead are threaded together they form an intricate pattern of love loss ancestry and home by teasing out these delicate intersections hicks explores how we are connected to the world around us november 5 x 8 72 pages salmon isbn 978-1-903392-82-9 1-903392-82-9 paper $23.95 conflicted light j.p dancing bear j p dancing bear s poems have been published in shenandoah poetry international new orleans review national poetry review marlboro review mississippi review atlanta review and many others he is the editor of the american poetry journal and the host of out of our minds a weekly poetry program on public radio station kkup that features many of america s best contemporary poets december 5 x 8 102 pages salmon isbn 978-1-903392-88-1 1903392888 paper $22.95 reliquaries angela patten angela patten was born and raised in dublin ireland after moving to the united states she graduated from the university of vermont and received an mfa in poetry from vermont college her poems have appeared in many literary journals and she has given readings in ireland germany the czech republic and throughout vermont and new england she teaches at the university of vermont a double string of singing poems it gives off a most pleasing sound the kind that deepens with re-reading times argus november 5 x 8 72 pages salmon isbn 978-1-903392-73-7 1-903392-73-x paper $23.95 big pink umbrella susan dumars susan millar dumars was born in philadelphia in 1966 and earned an ma in writing from the university of san francisco her poems and short stories have been published widely in the us uk and ireland where she now lives susan and her husband kevin higgins have organized the successful over the edge reading series showcasing new writers big pink umbrella is the first full collection of her poetry september 5 x 8 80 pages salmon isbn 978-1-903392-62-1 1-903392-62-4 paper $22.95 tethered to the earth tyler farrell tethered to the earth contains human figures in two landscapes as well as the complex emotions evoked when one is far from home after living and teaching in northern wisconsin for two school years and traveling through europe for five weeks the summer between the poet s view of the world seemed a far bigger place these poems are meant to address two types of isolation and awakening an evocation of two personal places within oneself with the stark and desolate beauty of ashland wisconsin and the wandering style of european life the imaginative nature of two distinct parts of the earth begin to transmit themselves november 5 x 8 72 pages salmon isbn 978-1-903392-81-2 1-903392-81-0 paper $23.95 november 5 x 8 64 pages salmon isbn 978-1-903392-74-4 1-903392-74-8 paper $23.95 touchstones gordon walmsley a touchstone is a stone used to gain insight into the qualities of a sample of gold gordon walmsley develops this theme of insight into a many-faceted adumbration of poems he raises the question how can we fathom the cold mechanism of an increasingly authoritarian world and be free to think and act as we wish according to our inner touchstone september 5 x 8 128 pages salmon isbn 978-1-903392-69-0 1-903392-69-1 paper $23.95

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