NEW! I am delighted to have two poems newly appearing in Misfit Magazine Issue No. 40, Summer 2025!

"This flesh ripped inside dreams or is it
part of reality now? This headless body.
This bodiless head like some form of contraband
floating above the broken red
bed frames in the dark space
with shrapnel firing inside the cylinder
of my brain. Let's rock. I can't drive
my way out of this collision course."

the beginning of my poem "Dream State Collision Course Filled With Secrets", one of two of my poems newly appearing in Misfit Magazine Issue No. 40, Summer 2025

read more HERE - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-40/Cook.html ***

Also in the Books Received and Acknowledged section of this issue of Misfit, is a small Review of my poetry chapbook "REVOLTING" (Cul-de-sac of Blood, 2024). Thank you very much to Alan Catlin. "Cook is master of disambiguation, of obsessive images featuring detached body parts, doll’s heads, and the like, sort of like a nightmare of disarticulating dream states. Often the reader feels as if the words, the body parts in the poems are revolting against the poem/the self. It’s uncomfortable but it’s always eye opening and intriguing. Not your standard poetic fare."

If interested, you can acquire your own copy of "REVOLTING" from the publishers here - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books

Or within my own Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry

A NEW Review by Vin Whitman of my poetry book, Malformed Confetti!

"This is a magnum opus of gore, so if you don't like smears, streaks, spills and spews perhaps this is not for you. I rather enjoyed it though. Juliet Cook harnesses her wild streams-of-consciousness into powerful rivulets of alliteration and rhythm. There is also a healthy dose of clever wordplay, which made the auditory centers of my brain sing."

the beginning of a wonderful new review by Vin Whitman of my poetry book, "Malformed Confetti", of which you can read the rest by clicking below...

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4350020263?book_show_action=false#_=_ ***

You can find out more about Malformed Confetti and consider acquiring a copy for yourself (or as a holiday gift for a friend) via Crisis Chronicles Press here - http://ccpress.blogspot.com/2018/10/Cook102.html

Or via Amazon here - https://www.amazon.com/Malformed-Confetti-Juliet-Cook/dp/1640929738

Or from the authors own Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/641070988/malformed-confetti-by-juliet-cook-2018?ref=shop_home_active_9

My "Malformed Confetti" and "From One Ruined Human to Another" are soon to be newly REVIEWED!

Eileen Murphy received copies of my 2018 poetry chapbook, "From One Ruined Human to Another" (Cringe-Worthy Poets Collective Press) AND my 2018 full-length poetry book, "Malformed Confetti" (Crisis Chronicles Press) and is planning on writing reviews of both books soon! 

A creatively wonderful thank you to Eileen Murphy and to the presses who published these books!

Anyone who does not yet have a copy of one or both of these books, I'll link to them below in case you are interested.

My poetry chapbook, "From One Ruined Human to Another" was published in June 2018 by CWP Collective Press!

You can acquire your own copy of this poetry chapbook from CWP, HERE - https://www.cwpcollectivepress.com/bookstore-1/from-one-ruined-human-to-another

Or from the author's Blood Pudding Press shop, HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/634109226/from-one-ruined-human-to-another-by?ref=shop_home_feat_4

Wonderful cover art by Craig Firsdon.

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My new full-length poetry book, "Malformed Confetti", was published in October 2018 by Crisis Chronicles Press!

You can acquire your own copy of Malformed Confetti from Crisis Chronicles Press, HERE -https://ccpress.blogspot.com/2018/10/Cook102.html

Or from Amazon, HERE - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1640929738/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_myi?m=AXH8DEUFPPU2O

Or directly from the author's Blood Pudding Press shop, HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/641070988/malformed-confetti-by-juliet-cook-2018?ref=shop_home_feat_1

Gorgeous cover art by Simona Candini.

A NEW Review of an old book, "Horrific Confection" (AND a link to a new book,"Malformed Confetti")

"Spin sugar with blood. Add cream, other miscellaneous bodily fluids and a dash of disease. Fold in your stitches and scars. Whisk for 2 minutes, then add emotional trauma to taste."

the beginning of a new review of my ten tear old first full-length poetry book, "Horrific Confection"

read the rest by clicking the link below -  https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2488336405?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

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Ten years later (October 2018), my second full-length poetry book, Malformed Confetti, has finally come to life - and you might be interested in investigating that collection too!

HERE is its goodreads link - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42378555-malformed-confetti 

Yours, Juliet Cook

NEW Review of A Red Witch, Every Which Way!

"Make no mistake, j/j and Juliet do not shy away from excess—from mysterious risks—from gore or the gruesome bits—in fact, they wallow in it. At times, the book is a dizzy mess of flesh—and other times, an acid-blotted nightmare"

from Susan Yount's darkly delicious review of "A Red Witch, Every Which Way", a collaborative full-length poetry book by Juliet Cook and j/j hastain (newly published by Hysterical Books)

read more HERE - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show?id=1763780654

purchase the book HERE - http://www.hystericalbooks.com/product-page/1a2d7e83-4bef-31d5-09e1-3326ee271c09

New Reviews of Two 2014 Blood Pudding Press chapbooks (thank you to Lisa M. Cole)

"The best books raise questions in us, which Stick-Up definitely did for me. This chapbook is one of the most creative I have read so far this year...I see an entire novel in this tiny chapbook; it was that engrossing for me."

from Lisa M.Cole's review of Stick Up by Paul David Adkins (Blood Pudding Press, 2014)

read the rest here - http://moonglows-reviews.blogspot.com/2014/10/paul-david-adkins-stick-up.html?spref=fb

buy the chapbook here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/188110107/new-stick-up-by-paul-david-adkins-2014?ref=shop_home_feat_2

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"There are some beautiful lines in this book that will stay with me for a long time. The poem Our Lady of Napalm, which is dedicated to Anne Sexton, especially stood out to me, not only because Sexton is one of my favorite poets, but because the lines here are so crystal clear, sharp, and evocative of so much emotion"

from Lisa M. Cole's review of They Talk About Death by Alessandra Bava (Blood Pudding Press, 2014) 

read the rest here - http://moonglows-reviews.blogspot.com/2014/10/alessandra-bavas-they-talk-about-death.html?spref=fb

buy the chapbook here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/195494626/new-they-talk-about-death-by-alessandra?ref=related-1

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Reviewer Lisa M. Cole is also a poet, who also has a chapbook published by Blood Pudding Press, RENEGADE//HEART (2013) - https://www.etsy.com/listing/119192462/renegadeheart-by-lisa-mcole-2013-blood?ref=shop_home_active_3

Last Day of June 2013 - small poetry oodles

Since today is the last day of June, I am (re)posting links to the places where some of my poems were published this month, in case anyone is interested in partaking of one or more. 

~A collaborative poem by Robert Cole and me AND a poetry/art interview with me in Sein und Werden here - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/summer13/index.html

~One new poem by me AND two new collaborative poems by Robert Cole and me in Black Heart Magazine here - http://blackheartmagazine.com/2013/06/19/a-poem-by-juliet-cook-and-two-poems-by-juliet-cook-and-robert-cole/

~My poem “Mirror Test” in POETS/ARTISTS – The Social Portrait here -http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/587862

My poem "Vintage Pom Pom Underwater" in Counterexample Poetics here (atop two older poems of mine, published there a few years ago) -
http://www.counterexamplepoetics.com/2009/02/giggle-or-gurgle-her-voice-sounds-like.html

More to come in July.  :)

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ALSO, related to poetry by others that I published -

~The June edition of Thirteen Myna Birds here - http://13myna.blogspot.com/

~A book review (by Lisa M. Cole) of Sister, Blood and Bone by Paula Cary (published by Blood Pudding Press 2013) here - http://moonglows-reviews.blogspot.com/2013/06/paula-carys-sister-blood-and-bone.html

~A book review (by Lisa M. Cole) of Poking through the Fabric of the Light that Formed Us: Songs and Stories to Read in the Mirror by Lora Bloom (published by Blood Pudding Press 2013) here - http://moonglows-reviews.blogspot.com/2013/06/lora-blooms-poking-through-fabric-of.html#comment-form

More to come in July :)

TWO NEW Blood Pudding Press book reviews!

A new book review written by Lisa Cole about the 2013 Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Poking Through the Fabric of the Light that Formed Us: Songs and Stories to Read in the Mirror" by Lora Bloom!

Here’s a piece of the review - Lora Bloom’s new chapbook from Blood Pudding Press, Poking Through the Fabric of Light That Formed Us: Songs and Stories to Read in the Mirror is not for the faint of heart, or the faint of stomach. This is a place where undigested noodles, burps, projectile nausea, and chunks of eyelids are deemed normal, and things most often deemed beautiful are viewed in a new, less favorable, often ghastly light. This collection is filled with things grotesque and horrific but still captivating. In the poem “Remember,” for example, the sun “heaved its dry spew” and “bloodied itself on the earth’s rocky crags’ and in “Pizza Maker,” moons are “battered” “bloody” and “slaughtered.” 

Read the rest here - http://moonglows-reviews.blogspot.com/2013/06/lora-blooms-poking-through-fabric-of.html#comment-form

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Lora Bloom is featuring a special art-drenched event in support of her "Poking Through the Fabric..."(July 7 in Philadelphia), during which she will have some of her chapbooks available for sale. Find out more here -https://www.facebook.com/events/521439394576304/

If you can't attend that event and would like to partake of her chapbook, it is also available in the Blood Pudding Press shop, here -https://www.etsy.com/listing/124662033/poking-through-the-fabric-of-the-light

Juliet Cook's chapbook, POISONOUS BEAUTYSKULL LOLLIPOP (also mentioned in the review above) is available from Grey Book Press, here -http://greybookpress.com/index.php/site/titles/

AND the poet who wrote the review, Lisa Cole, also has a chapbook published by Blood Pudding Press, RENEGADE//HEART, available here -https://www.etsy.com/listing/119192462/renegadeheart-by-lisa-mcole-new-2013?

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Another new book review written by Lisa Cole about the newest 2013 Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, “Sister, Blood and Bone” by Paula Cary!

Here’s a piece of the review - a tribute to a sister, a trip backward in time to a childhood of pinky swears, playgrounds, and childhood games. The sisters partake in a lifelong dialog with nature, examining turtle bones, eggshells and pig meat, or watching as “the minnow’s dance cupped/its body silver shimmering/In the dusk of summer evening.

Read the rest here - http://moonglows-reviews.blogspot.com/2013/06/paula-carys-sister-blood-and-bone.html

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You can get yourself a copy of Paula Cary's "Sister, Blood and Bone" poetry chapbook from the Blood Pudding Press shop here -https://www.etsy.com/listing/150775648/sister-blood-and-bone-by-paula-cary-new?

OR you can get yourself TWO 2013 Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks, at a lowered price (choose between "Sister, Blood and Bone" by Paula Cary and/or "Poking through the Fabric..." by Lora Bloom and/or "RENEGADE//HEART" by Lisa Cole) here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/151139145/set-of-two-your-choice-of-two-2013?

My Thirteen Designer Vaginas are a “half-repulsed pursuit of knowledge and self-knowledge”

A new review of my Thirteen Designer Vaginas – at fiddler crab – thanks to Kathleen Kirk.

Here is a snippet:

“rich in humor and wordplay, but also rather frightening in what they suggest about what can be done surgically to alter or repair women’s nether parts.”

Click the link below to read more:

http://fiddlercrabreview.blogspot.com/2011/11/thirteen-designer-vaginas.html

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Thirteen Designer Vaginas is also a part of No Tells: best books 2011 - thanks to Jessy Randall

http://notellpoetry.blogspot.com/search/label/best%20books%202011

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Thirteen Designer Vaginas also has another review copy available from Galatea Resurrects – and so does the latest Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, LETTERS FROM ROOM 27 OF THE GRAND MIDWAY HOTEL by Margaret Bashaar with photographic ephemera by Kevin Ross - plus copies of several older Blood Pudding Press poetry chaps too.

Visit here for more if you would like to receive a review copy from Galatea Resurrects:

http://grarchives.blogspot.com/

Poetry Book Review Notes & Linkage

I am mentioning this here because I sometimes post links to my various Associated Content articles on Facebook and Twitter and recently I posted a link to a poetry book review I wrote a while back whereupon a woman mentioned to me that she really liked reading my book reviews, but was not crazy about reading them on Associated Content because of all the ads appearing on that site. I understood where she was coming from and did not disagree, but the main reason that I post them on Associated Content (even if they were published elsewhere first) and then link to that site is because the more page views I receive on that site, the more teeny tiny tidbits of money I will make. That said, though, I am also very pleased that some of my poetry book reviews in particular were first published within a variety of unique literary oriented sources, so for interested parties, here are a few links to those original creative sources:

- Strange Blue Dresses, FEIN by Kristy Bowen, reviewed by me / originally published by Galatea Resurrects - http://galatearesurrection9.blogspot.com/2008/03/feign-by-kristy-bowen.html


- Human Dark with Sugar by Brenda Shaughnessy, reviewed by me / originally published by Gently Read Literature - http://gentlyread.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/human-dark-with-sugar-by-brenda-shaughnessy-reviewed-by-juliet-cook/

-The Revolting Body of Lara Glenum’s Maxiumum Gaga / originally published by Gently Read Literature -http://gentlyread.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/the-revolting-body-of-lara-glenum%E2%80%99s-maximum-gaga-reviewed-by-juliet-cook/

-Panty Flowers Rising: on Karyna McGlynn’s I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl' / originally published by Gently Read Literature– http://gentlyread.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/panty-flowers-rising-juliet-cook-on-karyna-mcglynn%E2%80%99s-i-have-to-go-back-to-1994-and-kill-a-girl/

- 'for it to work she has to look like a girl”: Michelle Detorie’s Ode to Industry, reviewed by me / originally published by Tarpaulin Sky Review' - http://tsky-reviews.blogspot.com/2009/10/michelle-detories-ode-to-industry.html

- 'The Future is Happy by Sarah Sarai, reviewed by me / originally published by Prick of the Spindle - http://www.prickofthespindle.com/reviews/3.4/small_presses/sarai/the_future_is_happy.htm

And below is the link to my Associated Content site, for those who might be interested in reading my book reviews there and/or partaking of my various other articles. Thank ye poodles!

Your questions and comments are always welcome.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/363475/juliet_cook.html