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Rose Solari Reviews Four Poetry Collections Dealing with Grief Solari's anticipated monthly poetry column in the Washington Independent Review of Books dropped today. She tackles four new collections by women poets dealing with grief. Read the Full review over on the WIRob This month, Rose Solari's column for the Washington Independent Review of Books looks at three shining new collections from new and established poets, as well as the best of Jane Kenyon. Each collection, in a way, deals with grief (from her review): "Grief is a perennial subject for poets, and for good reason: … [Read more...]

Hazen Discusses the Comforts of Poetry in Uncertain Times In a guest post on The Bookworm, Elizabeth Hazen, author of "Girls Like Us," discusses the power of reading and writing poetry in uncertain times. In a guest post for the small book review blog, The Bookworm, Elizabeth Hazen discusses the role poetry occupies in her life during uncertain times as with the 2016 inauguration and #MeToo movement, and now the COVID 19 epidemic. She also explains her relationship to her new collection Girls Like Us. While in her first collection, Chaos Theories, she used "a filter through which … [Read more...]

James J. Patterson Shares a New Essay on Episode 7 of LFTRR Hobnob with your favorite fellow wizard on episode 7 of Live from the Reading Room The latest episode of James J. Patterson's LFTRR revisits one of our favorite recurring characters, the trickster deity Hermes. "Hermes is a crazy cat," says Patterson, "He steals what's been stolen only to put it back; he lies to you only to get you back on track." The essay, "Hermes at the Kakistocracy Hotel," will appear in Patterson's upcoming collection, Junk Shop Window. Check out episodes of Live from the Reading Room every Monday … [Read more...]

Rose Reads Covers the Music of Writing On this episode of Rose Reads, poet Rose Solari dissects the verse of Reuben Jackson, Ellen Cole, Brandon Johnson, and others in order to understand the role music plays in the meaning and beauty of a poem. Rose Reads goes live on her Facebook page every Wednesday 4PM EDT 50% ASP BookStore Noir at the Bar May 15th Buy The Last Girl Buy Scattered Clouds Rose's Facebook … [Read more...]

New Poems by Rose Solari and Reuben Jackson Appear in Fledgling Rag #20 Several new poems by Rose Solari and Reuben Jackson appear in newest addition of Fledgling Rag. Fledgling Rag is a solicitation-only national poetry journal from Iris G. Press. All proceeds from the magazines are donated to charity. Rose Solari and Reuben Jackson have been active in the poetry and literature scene lately with Rose's Rose Reads live stream and Reuben's weekly recorded series Poems by Reuben Jackson. To purchase this year's Fledgling Rag, simply donate $15 or more to the Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic … [Read more...]