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Latest Member Books
- The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation by C. Steven Blue, Reviewed by Shirley Marc
- SMALL FEATHER by Jade Rosina McCutcheon, reviewed by John Van Dreal
- Linda Ferguson’s Chapbook Available for Purchase
- Dianne Stepp’s Chapbook Collection Available for Purchase
- Amy Baskin’s first chapbook is now available
- Beth Bonness’s chapbook is available from The Poetry Box
Book Reviews
- The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation by C. Steven Blue, Reviewed by Shirley MarcReviewed by Shirley Marc The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation, a psychedelic memoir and narrative verse by C. Steven Blue Sunset West Publishing Group, 2023, 642 pages, $24.99 ISBN 978-0997997507 Available at: amazon.com Facebook author page: www.facebook.com/cstevenbluepoet Amazon author page: amazon.com/author/cstevenblue C. Steven Blue’s The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation is… Read more: The Last Hippy Poet of the Woodstock Generation by C. Steven Blue, Reviewed by Shirley Marc
- My Kindred by Paulann Petersen, Reviewed by Melody WilsonReviewed by Melody Wilson My Kindred by Paulann Petersen Salmon Poetry, 2023 Available: Powell’s Books, Broadway Books, Annie Bloom’s Books, Amazon Paulann Petersen’s My Kindred might seem to be about family, but it’s much more. The book invites us into a much broader exploration. The first poem, “Inhabited,” teaches us how to read the book… Read more: My Kindred by Paulann Petersen, Reviewed by Melody Wilson
- Ramadan in Summer by Bruce Parker, reviewed by Melody WilsonFinishing Line Press, 2021, 42 pages $14.99 ISBN 978-1646627240 Available at Amazon Bruce Parker’s Ramadan in Summer transports us to physical and emotional places with spare authenticity. The first example is in the title poem, “Ramadan in Summer,” when the speaker watches a worker listlessly picking things up and putting them down on the fourth floor of an unfinished apartment… Read more: <em>Ramadan in Summer </em>by Bruce Parker, reviewed by Melody Wilson
- Small Matters Mean the World by David Memmottreviewed by George Vennredbat books, 2022, 73 pages, $16ISBN 978-1-946970-08-4Available at www.redbatbooks.com, Ingram, Bookshop.org, Amazon.com, Powells.com To appreciate David Memmott’s achievement in Small Matters Mean the World (2022), readers might start with the front cover. Memmott’s colorful digital collage suggests a kaleidoscope preparing the reader to celebrate and explore the magic of natural, organic, and… Read more: Small Matters Mean the World by David Memmott
- The ground at my feet: Sustaining a family and a forestby Ann Stinson Reviewed by Melody Wilson Oregon State University Press, 2021, 144 pages, $21.95 ISBN-13978-0870711466 Available at Annie Bloom’s and Broadway Books When I say I love a book, maybe I mean it meets my expectations or it’s better than other books I’ve read. Maybe I mean I learned a lot without working too… Read more: The ground at my feet: Sustaining a family and a forest