Me holding a copy of the new poetry anthology "Writing the Self-Elegy - The Past Is Not Disappearing Ink"!

Me holding a copy of "Writing the Self-Elegy - The Past Is Not Disappearing Ink", edited by Kara Dorris (published by Southern Illinois University Press).

This is a poetry anthology, featuring more than 25 different poets, offering poems, short essays, and writing prompts.

I am delighted to be included, with three poems ("Deadly Doll Head Dissection" - "Self Portrait as a Slab on a Slab" - "Un-sided Self Portrait"), my essay ("Broken Doll Hands that had to Grow New Fingers") and my writing prompt ("Try It Yourself(ie): Word Control").

I am delighted to be in the company of many other wonderful and amazing and unique poets (and their poems, essays, writing prompts).

You can find out more and/or purchase a copy for yourself (or possibly for your classroom if you're a writing or English teacher) here - http://siupress.siu.edu/books/978-0-8093-3906-8

Here is a snippet from a back cover blurb by Petra Kuppers - "They also invite you into their fold: each poet offers prompts to the reader, as well as essayistic thoughts, de-mystifying and re-mystifying these acts of (inter)corporeal magic."

Me holding my new poetry chapbook, "red flames burning out"!

Me holding my new poetry chapbook, "red flames burning out", published by Grey Book Press this month, April 2023.

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"...I might take more photos of the moon,
of the ice clinging to half-dead branches, but
then I might have a seizure on the frozen ice,
bang my head into frostbitten blood."

in one of my Internal Suffocation poems within the chapbook

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You can find out more about red flames burning out via Grey Book Press's website, here - http://www.greybookpress.com/2023/04/07/internal-suffocation/

You can purchase a copy via Grey Book Press too, here - http://www.greybookpress.com/titles/

(Or you can contact Juliet to find out more and/or purchase a copy directly from her).

The chapbook costs $8 (which includes shipping, within the USA).

My NEW poetry chapbook, "red flames burning out" is now one week old and still needs new homes!

Happy Poetry Month 2023!

This is another cover photo of my NEW poetry chapbook, "red flames burning out", published by Grey Book Press in April 2023.

I am also sharing a photo scan of the poem in the middle of the chapbook, one of 20 poems within the collection.

The collection incudes...

“Broken doll fingers bulging their way out of blubbering chicken wire. Losing parts of one’s self and growing new parts in the form of self-created nightmares, body and brain malfunctions, seizures and other divorces from parts of past reality. Pitching standard traditions in the trash, wrapped in drying blood. Creepy bird’s nests and fear of impending death, yet still continuing to create one’s own sizzling and burning red fire.”

This new chapbook is now one week old and still needs new homes. 

You can find out more about the new chapbook HERE! -
http://www.greybookpress.com/2023/04/07/internal-suffocation/

You can purchase a copy HERE! -
http://www.greybookpress.com/titles/

And if you have any questions, feel free to ask me.

Me, April 2023

 

My NEW poetry chapbook, "red flames burning out" is now newly available from Grey Book Press!

"Some people might not like being called
unmistakably unstable, but I don't mind.
Because that's the way I roll

cracked eyeballs out of broken doll head holes and hell,

the broken pieces still have brains to fill
with fury and onward activity no matter how
many times they're knocked down.

Because that's the way I roll,
unable to be trapped into further oblivion.
I use gum wrappers to cover ripped out teeth
and a threesome of crooked fingers."

in the poem "My Dolls Aren't For Hunting"

My NEW poetry chapbook, "red flames burning out", as of April 2023, is now HERE, thank you to Grey Book Press! It is $8.00.

Find out more HERE - http://www.greybookpress.com/2023/04/07/internal-suffocation/

And then buy one HERE! - http://www.greybookpress.com/titles/

(Ten years ago, Grey Book Press published my "Poisonous Beautyskull Lollipop" chapbook and now ten years later, "red flames burning out" has become part of the Grey Book Press family! I am very excited and Happy Poetry Month and I truly hope that some of you will buy one!)

NEW! "Writing the Self-Elegy, The Past Is Not Disappearing Ink" will be coming to life in APRIL

Update: Now this poetry anthologies release date is the end of April (poetry month ) - it is currently available for preorder - AND when preordering, you can use the discount code SIUP20 and get 20% off!

I'm in the process of and really enjoying reading this book. The book doesn't technically exist in print until May, but since I have a couple poems in it, I received an online proof a while back, to double check my poems and I've been reading the other poems in there too and really loving a lot of them.

It's called "Writing the Self-Elegy, The Past Is Not Disappearing Ink", edited by Kara Dorris, includes work by 28 poets, and the poets offer poetry, an "essay" (interpreted various different ways), and a writing prompt.

I'm very excited to be included in this book, even more excited about reading all the other contributions, and will be even more excited when the book comes to life in print in May.

You can find out more about it here and even buy one if you want. 

http://siupress.siu.edu/books/978-0-8093-3906-8