“Necromancy Never Pays” Features Rose Solari Poem
The unique literary blog from writer Jeanne Griggs features Solari's “Somewhere Between Four and Five A.M.”
Blogger and English PhD, Jeanne Griggs, discovers a gem while sorting her bookshelves. Reading as she sorts, "because, you know, that’s why we keep these books, so we can dip into them whenever we want to," Griggs picks out a thin volume with deckled edges and French folds: The Last Girl by Rose Solari, a poet friend from graduate school.
Read the entire blog post on Jeanne's blog Necromancy Never Pays.
The Last Girl is Solari's third collection of poetry after Orpheus in the Park and Columbia award-winning Difficult Weather. The Last Girl represents a writer working at the peak of her powers, possessed of technical mastery, fierce perception, and a tender but unsentimental heart.
Episode 5 of Rose Reads Brings Poems of Hope and Survival
On this episode of Rose Reads, RS reads and discusses poetry of hope and survival, including work from Dorianne Laux, Richard Peabody, and Eavan Boland.
Blogger Laudes the “Concise and Thoughtful” Poetry of Hazen’s “Girls Like Us”
Book blogger Bookish Kitty reviews the excellent new collection, “Girls Like Us,” by Elizabeth Hazen.
May 4th, ASP is Slashing Prices on Physical Books
We are incredibly happy to announce that, starting next Monday, May 4th, every title in Alan Squire Publishing’s catalog will be available for HALF-PRICE (while our supplies last).