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Grace Cavalieri's June 2019 Exemplars of Poetry Every month for the Washington Independent Review of Books, the Maryland Poet Laureate, Grace Cavalieri, author of Other Voices, Other Lives, does a round-up style review of the best recently released independent books of poetry and books about poetry. June 2019's review features fourteen books including two of ASP's upcoming releases, Reuben Jackson's Scattered Clouds and Linda Watanabe McFerrin's Navigating the Divide. Featured also are the likes of Tina Chang, Dobby Gibson, and rising star … [Read more...]

What is "The Society of Woman Geographers"? ASP's connection to the famed society through author, poet, journalist, Joanna Biggar. The flag of the Society of Woman Geographers, taken by its members on important scientific expeditions. Joanna Biggar, author of That Paris Year and the upcoming Melanie’s Song, is a member of an organization called “The Society of Woman Geographers” a group with its origin in the roaring 20s, a time when new technology was rapidly catching up with the West’s most expansive ambitions. Boasting members as diverse as pilot Amelia Erhart and … [Read more...]

What Does Anne Lamott Think of "Navigating the Divide" The author of "Bird by Bird" weighs in on Linda Watanabe McFerrin's new Legacy Book “I have loved everything I’ve ever read by Linda Watanabe McFerrin. Her prose and poetry are filled with amazing women, charm, wisdom and light. She is both soulful and precise, eloquent and full of life.” PRE-ORDER NAVIGATING THE DIVIDE Anne Lamott is the author of seven novels, Hard Laughter, Rosie, Joe Jones, Blue Shoe, All New People, Crooked Little Heart, and Imperfect Birds. Lamott has been honored with a … [Read more...]

Elizabeth Hazen's New Poem, "Monarch", Published by Shenandoah Magazine This page was made in order to redirect to the Shenandoah website HERE where you might read Elizabth Hazen's sublime new poem, "Monarch." Below, is a link to read more about her first poetry collection, Chaos Theories, and lower still on the page is a collection of links to other poems and essays she has written which we host natively on the ASP website. Shenandoah is a magazine which maintains an important place in the modern American literary landscape. Its unique history involves the likes of Tom Wolfe and even … [Read more...]

Independent Bookstore Day: What do the Indies Offer? Amid Amazon’s economic hegemony, amid the wholesale abandonment of big-box stores around the country, amid the strange, unpredicted resurgence of vinyl record collecting, and amid the general economic turmoil in the American printed news media we have, sitting in the room-corner upon a large leather chair, drinking tea, nose nestled cozily in the pages of Du Bois, the indie bookstore question. For what purpose does an indie bookstore exist in the age of digital media and online book sales? This question might be rephrased to ask how … [Read more...]