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In a quietly seductive voice Lisella takes the reader on journey after journey, to exotic locales like Havana, Venice and Dubrovnik, places steeped in myth and bloodshed. With crystalline descriptions reminiscent of Elizabeth Bishop, she mixes the haunted elegance of the old world and the disturbed consumerism of the new. TWO NAKED FEET is brilliantly wired with the tension of paradox. It is about exile and the movement of peoples, the destruction and pastiche of cultures, the chasm between the idealized world and the colloquial one. Lisella writes with depth and simplicity. Her "I" rarely steps outside of the observing eye to become autobiographical, and yet the poems are remarkable for their passion.--STEPHANIE DICKINSON, Award-winning author of HALF GIRL and ROAD OF FIVE CHURCHES

David Elsasser celebrates a generation's moment of deliberation. Born during the post-World War II baby boom, a period of economic prosperity from 1946 to 1964, his generation, known for breaking with tradition and redefining values, is now reaching retirement age. One of approximately 76 million contributing to the Graying of America, the shift in population from forever young to Immitigably gray panther, Elsasser muses on the coming of old age in his debut poetry collection, a chapbook classic, first released in 2009, yet pertinent and still most entertaining today.

Twenty-three Italian American women writers respond to #MeToo, sharing their thoughts and experiences through poetry and personal essays. Edited with a foreword by American Book Award-winning writer and activist Daniela Gioseffi. Contributors include B. Amore, Amy Barone, Grace Cavalieri, Olivia Kate Cerrone, Paola Corso, Donna DiCello, Jessica Femiani, Marisa Frasca, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Daniela Gioseffi, Maria Giura, Roxanne Hoffman, Maria Lisella, Lorraine Mangione, Joanne Monte, Kathryn Nocerino, Angelina Oberdan, Lisa Marie Paolucci, Michelle Reale, Nina Carey Tassi, Maria Terrone, Tina Tocco, and Camilla Trinchieri.

A poet on fatherhood -- the good, the bad, and the scary -- up close in the thick of it and then the birds-eye view. Smart, candid, and often wickedly funny -- starting with a title that riffs Heidi Murkoff 's best-selling pregnancy guide "What to Expect when You're Expecting."

"It is a testament to her vivacious spirit that Patricia Carragon would think to personify cupcakes as a device to chronicle quotidian activities and as a mode to assuage the anxieties of her daily jaunts. Tasty diary entries mingle humor and contemplative musings in a way that not only tantalizes the tongue but stimulates all of the sensory receptors, as her imagery erupts from the page to entice one's very soul." - Alison Ross, publisher and editor of "Clockwise Cat"

"Wierzbicki's poems are like early Corso, before the Beats, when he got straight to the point quickly, with great beauty. Her words carry the necessary freight with terrific speed and economy--look how spare and yet terribly lovely 'Dorothy's Poem' is--it breaks your heart with absolute efficiency. If poetry is to proceed into the future with any sort of relevancy, this is one way it might do so."--RON KOLM, co-author of NEO PHOBE (with Jim Feast); "Carol Wierzbicki's TOP TEEN GREATEST HITS is a big hit. In each of her fourteen poems, Ms. Wierzbicki mastered the technique of storytelling through perception and simplicity-- her rite of passage to be read and shared by all."-- PATRICIA CARRAGON, Brownstone Poets

Lifetime activist and American Book Award-winning author, founder/editor of Eco-Poetry.org, Daniela Gioseffi offers humanity -- children of Mother Gaia, fellow citizens of home planet Earth -- a wake-up call in the face of climate crisis emergency "because you still have some hours left."

A new chapbook of poems about the moon for poetry and moon lovers alike: "These poems remind all of us, whether we're poets or not, how much we need and desire the moon, which is always with us. I love how Held's moon takes on human attributes, sometimes amenable, sometimes not - perhaps best displayed in the ending lines of the poem 'Menses': 'Think I can't / influence the tides or drive / men mad? Ask my lovers.' This is exactly the type of moon we want hovering over the city and its environs - tough when necessary like the inhabitants themselves. No, the moon won't pay our rent, but it's ours for free - full-throated and alive. Or as Held says about his relationship with the moon: 'Even Sandy / Can't take that / Away from we.' The moon in all its colors would agree." - Tim Suermondt, ELECTION NIGHT AND THE FIVE SATINS (Glass Lyre Press, 20I6) "Here the moon becomes a mirror, the articulation of a life. In the same way the ocean tells us what the moon is feeling, these poems reveal the poetic speaker's soul." - Robert Carlos Garcia, founder of Get Fresh Books LLC, MELANCOLÍA (Cervana Barva Press, 2016)

Mass market, second and posthumous edition of the original debut limited-run, saddle-stitched poetry chapbook by Brant Lyon published by Poets Wear Prada in October of 2006. The original chapbook launched the Hoboken-based small independent literary press. This second special "tin" anniversary edition celebrates Poets Wear Prada's 10th year in operation. The new expanded volume includes three additional poems selected by Lyon for inclusion prior to his death.

A new volume of work from the master of abstract poetry. "Often dense, often difficult, Perchik's poems nethertheless lead to strange, unanticipated conclusions that usually reward the pursuit." -- The Library Journal "A complex, lyrical vision of the commonplace. . . . exquisite imaginings." -- Mid-American Review "Simon Perchik's extraordinary lyrical talent is one of the best kept secrets in contemporary American poetry." -- Confrontation Born Christmas Eve, 1923, actively publishing since the 1960s, Simon Perchik always has some new tricks up his cornucopean sleeve. Spellbinding and magical! A must read for any aspiring poet.

"The heart is a chamber of ghosts, some who linger sweet and willing, some who are trapped and rattle sorrowful chains. In 'Cloverleaf, ' Geer Austin illuminates these specters of passion, their transparent skin illuminated by scent, smile, dream, and emotion. These are poems of beginnings and ends, almosts and not enoughs. These are poems of butterflies and ravens, a celebration of the joys and grievances of the golden thread that binds us together: love." -- BRYAN BORLAND, author of LESS FORTUNATE PIRATES: POEMS FROM THE FIRST YEAR WITHOUT MY FATHER "Austin's poems manage the often impossible feat of being simultaneously ironic and soulful, wry and heartfelt, clever and impassioned. With simple playful beauty, Austin stealthily unpacks the various ways gay men fall in love, forsake desire, grapple with passion, and sometimes - albeit fleetingly! - achieve grace." -- WILLIAM JOHNSON, Managing Editor, LAMBDA LITERARY REVIEW

Iris N Schwartz's debut short short story collection serves up nine shots of fast-paced short fiction that explore coming of age, romance & dating, family life, urban life, and the psyches of contemporary women from childhood through adolescence to maturity - both the sublime and the darker aspects - with humor, pathos, and wit. A small collection of flash fiction that a reader can read in one sitting because it simply can't be put down. - Niles Reddick, Midwest Book Review

Management Consultant for the Arts, native New Yorker, and a frequently anthologized Poet - counting the New York Times and Cosmopolitan Magazine among her nearly 100 publication credits - Rosalie Calabrese shares her love affair with Manhattan in twenty-nine memorable vignettes. "A smorgasbord of memories and images for addicts of New York City ... [by] a wry, experienced, quizzical, compassionate, knowing woman who staunchly maintains the innocent eye."- CAROL JOCHNOWITZ, former Production Editor of Jewish Currents "Sassy yet introspective observations of an anything but jaded New York native ... this is a joyous, lyrical diary of urban life."- IRIS LEE, Author of Urban Bird Life

Blogger Jack Cooper joins the ranks of Dorothy Parker, John Donne and Confucius with his haiku-esque witticisms: "ROMEO AND JULIET, EXPLAINED / You cannot live for love" [Monday, February 11, 2013]; "WORDS FROM A STONE / Both terrible and vain / to have sought love // at a time one felt so little" [Wednesday, March 6, 2013]. No candy-coated sugar pills served here!It seems Cooper's systematic and objective distillation of his truth serves as an inoculation from fullblown despair. At the pinnacle of disaster, even its perilous aftermath, like a magician he produces the "aha" moment for spiritual uplift and buoyant rebound.Check out this occasional blogger's "terse verse" as something to savor along with your daily horoscope and joke subscriptions. If you are seeking high-quality web content, but fearful of spiraling down the social media rabbit hole, Cooper's blog, "These Are Aphorithms," found at http: //aphorithms.blogspot.com, is just what the doctor ordered.Here is a sampling on the subject of Romantic Love.

The debut collection of Diane Stiglich. Three interconnected short stories.

"This debut essay collection by Ona Gritz, NY Times-published writer and longtime columnist for Literary Mama, reads like a block buster movie. There is a heroine with cerebral palsy, likeable and indefatigable. There is family conflict, romance, and true crime. Ona writes on disability, family dynamics, and the murder of her sister's family with candor and passion. A critically acclaimed essayist, two Notable mentions by Robert Atwan, The Best American Essays, a Best Life Story in Salon among the recent accolades, Ms. Gritz has gathered some of the best of her work from the NY Times Disability series, Salon, The Rumpus, Brevity, and more for this fine and most riveting read"--