Bob Heman
Washing the Wings of the Angels
Quale Press, 2024
$17
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All of my “non-series” prose poems written since 1997 are “headed” with the generic description “Information” and are published or performed under that title. Washing the Wings of the Angels contains a selection of those pieces written between 2014 and 2022. To avoid a redundancy in the presentation, the generic descriptions heading each poem were omitted, with the initial words of each poem instead being capitalized.
When I perform poems from the book I still call each “INFORMATION” even though those headings don't appear in the book. I will be reading 13 of the poems from the book.
Derek JG Williams
Reading Water
Lightscatter Press, 2025
$20.00
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Winner of the Lightscatter Press Prize, awarded in 2024 and chosen by judge Eduardo Corral, Reading Water undertakes a restless search for a self under constant evolution.
“These poems explore our particular American moment, all of us figuring out what to do with our angers and our loves." - Jill McDonough
“Reading Water dives deep and dares us to hold our breath...(in it) you will find the intricacies of our own frail human hearts." - Sean Thomas Dougherty
Poems read:
“In the House of Words"
“Dogs, Parrots, a Dragon"
“Low Tide"
Wendy Wisner
The New Life
Cornerstone Press/University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024
$18.55
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The New Life explores motherhood through the lens of a fractured childhood and intergenerational trauma. Stories of loss return throughout the book: a grandmother’s stillbirth, a child lost on the ship from Russia to the U.S., friends’ miscarriages and child losses. There are poems written in the wake of 9/11 and Sandy Hook. Throughout the collection, the speaker wrestles with the turmoil of raising children in a volatile, violent world.
Poems Read:
“Solstice”
“The Father”
“Dream of the End of the World” “The New Life”