Michelle’s The Ghosts of Lost Animals, bronze medalist in the Independent Publishing Book Awards, was selected by the legendary Thomas Lux for the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize. Lux wrote “The poems in this book are cool (as in controlled) and very hot (as in fearless). There is a rare precision here (as in observations of […]
Susan Kelly-DeWitt on Vox Populi
A poem from Frangible Operas was featured on Vox Populi on one of the last days of the year. Thank you, Susan Kelly-DeWitt and Vox Populi! Read it here. Frangible Operas is available from Gunpowder Press and elsewhere.
Three-Day Weekend on Poetry Daily
On Christmas Eve, Poetry Daily features Christopher Blackman’s poem “Travelers Insurance Presents: The Triumph of Man” from Three-Day Weekend. Thank you, Poetry Daily, and congratulations, Chris!
Frangible Operas review
“For cover-to-cover excellence and poetic urgency, Frangible Operas may be Susan Kelly-DeWitt’s best-ever poetry collection.” Thank you Poetry Flash and writer Tom Goff for an extraordinary in-depth review of Susan Kelly-DeWitt’s Frangible Operas. Read the whole review in the October issue of Poetry Flash.
Welcome, Sad Animal!
The inaugural winner of the John Ridland Poetry Prize is Joshua McKinney of Sacramento, California, selected by the editors of Gunpowder Press for his manuscript Sad Animal. Welcome, Joshua!
Happy New Year!
To celebrate, we’re sharing “January One,” a poem by our Dryden-Vreeland winner, Christopher Blackman. His prize-winning book, Three-Day Weekend, is forthcoming from Gunpowder Press. This poem was first published in Rust & Moth (Spring 2021) and is reprinted with the poet’s permission: