Art History Meets Satire
Artist Statements of the Old Masters by John Seed combines art history with wit and satire to create a work of art that is a funny yet sober statement on today’s art world. If...
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Hourglass Museum and the timeless art of life
Hourglass Museum by Kelli Russell Agodon appears to be a book of poetry based on art — and it is, but it is also so much more. It is a book about life and...
American Galactic lands close to home
American Galactic by Laura Madeline Wiseman is a fun, well-written book that takes issues and events of everyday life and gives them a sci-fi twist. The cover of the book, an image of martians...
Press Release: Red Dashboard publishes Steel Cut Oats
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Red Dashboard Press announces release of Steel Cut Oats by Joshua Gray April 12, 2015 Washington DC — Red Dashboard Press is pleased to announce the release of Steel Cut Oats,...
The Sounds of Dust
Dust by Dave Buracker is a chapbook of poems that are simple, accessible, and informal, yet written with such a punch in the music of language, they are wonderful to hear as each poem...
Mera Bharat and Chapbook Interview
Laura Madeline Wiseman was nice enough to ask me if I wanted to be interviewed for her chapbook author series. Of course, I said “Yes!” The interview can be found here. Thanks Laura! It...
The Bluebeard Myth Gets a Red-Hot Makeover
Some Fatal Effects of Curiosity and Disobedience by Laura Madeline Wiseman is a wonderful take on the Bluebeard fable. For those of you who don’t know the story, it is essentially a Jack...
Fighting Malaria With Poetry Gets The Win
Malaria: Poems by Cameron Conaway may be the most important book published in 2014. Conaway, an ex-MMA fighter, tackles Malaria through poetry. Conaway educates his readers on a plethora of issues by beginning or...
Backwoods and Back Words is Forward Progress
Backwoods and Back Words by Nicole Yurcaba is a unique collection of words that is fresh, inspiring and heartwarming. Yurcaba intertwines poetry, photography, and slices of memoir into a vision that is fun to read...
Blurb for Steel Cut Oats
As my new book Steel Cut Oats nears completion of production, I have received a blurb from another poet. Very nice words, indeed! Steel Cut Oats is not a cookbook. It is a book...