Category: Books

Posts that have books, comics, and/or illustrators as their primary subject matter are filed in this category.

the cover of Typology, image taken from the Anstruther Press website

CROWS CIRCLING OVERHEAD, Holding Type to the Light


I love chapbooks. I have boxes of them. They’re like singles, like EP’s. A quick listen, enjoyment without the commitment to a full book. They are also, to switch metaphors, like details from paintings in an Art History textbook. They are deep dives, parts representing a greater whole, a way

Stained with All The Things / I Could Make True


The title of this week’s post is a pair of lines from Jennifer Bowering Delisle’s fantastic new book, “Deriving.”. Published by the University of Alberta Press, “Deriving” is Delisle’s second book of poetry. Her first book, “The Bosun Chair,” which is described as a lyric memoir, is also fantastic and

Some Recent Author Activity Including An Audiobook, A Zoominar, And A Proustian Questionnaire


As we near the end of National Poetry Month, the good folks at Turnstone Press have released an audio anthology featuring me, Su Croll, Joanna Lilley, and Sarah Ens reading from our either just published, or forthcoming collections – and it’s free! Download the audio book here: https://www.turnstonepress.com/bird-on-a-wire/taking-flight.html and listen

You Used to be Optimistic


Mixed in to the noise of panic buying and the static interference of science deniers is a slowly dawning public realization that there are things more important than the economy. Perhaps, perhaps we’ll come out of this a bit more human.

Turnstone Poetry Youtube Channel!


Hey Everyone! Check it out! Turnstone has launched a new poetry channel on YouTube and one of the poems from Lunatic Engine is on of the featured video broadsheets. Take a look and let me know what you think! You may want to also subscribe to the channel because there’s

Happy Birthday Galileo!


So today, February 15, is Galileo’s birthday. What better way to celebrate than to reveal the cover for the book! I am really grateful and proud to be part of Turnstone’s s[ring lineup which also includes fabulous new books from Joanna Lilley and Sarah Ens. The launch and signing event

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