Congratulations to our members for the publications of the following collections and poems!
Collections
Member Jennifer R. Edwards‘ debut poetry collection is Unsymmetrical Body (Finishing Line Press, July 2022). She’s a Pushcart Prize nominated poet, educator, speech-language pathologist, and mother in Concord, NH. She’s received support from Palm Beach Poetry Festival and Colgate Writers Conference. Her poems appear in anthologies and literary magazines including Tiny Spoon, Terrain, Literary Mama, Snapdragon, and others. Purchase the new collection.
Places of Permanent Shade, the latest poetry collection of poet, editor and translator and member J. Kates showcases work by a mature person who has spent decades honing not only his craft, but also his values. Accents Publishing is proud to bring forward the work of this remarkable poet. Purchase the book at Accents Publishing.
Member Elizabeth Sylvia recently published None But Witches: Poems on Shakespeare’s Women. This stunning debut collection was the winner of the 5th annual Three Mile Harbor Poetry Prize. Sometimes sympathetic, frequently enraged, Sylvia began writing to them, for them, as them, the poems ultimately going into this richly textured collection that looks at the plays themselves, at the poet’s own life as a woman, and at women’s continuing efforts to take the stage in the contemporary world. Published by Three Mile Harbor and available for purchase now.
Member Tom Laughlin published his collection, The Rest of the Way with Finishing Line Press. Poet and former NEPC president Mary Buchinger wrote: “Tom Laughlin takes us outdoors in poetry that brims with the natural elements—we are immersed in New England landscapes with a town green, a mistress moon, snowy woods lined with elfin ski tracks, and swimmable water in every form, which conjures joy and jazz, a Great White, and a night-time pipe-smoking fisherman.” Purchase the book here.
Poems
Member Tim Mayo published “Juanito and the Benstalk” in Meniscus in June and “Crumple Zone” in Naugatuck River Review in August.
Member Jess Levens recently published “Black Racers (Single Ladies),” “Jays,” and “Chubby” in Roi Fainéant Press and “1652 Pastoral” in The Dillydoun Review.
Member Ralph Culver published his poems “July Night Rain,” “The Master’s Conceit–Spring Evening” in The Seventh Quarry (Wales, UK).
Programming Co-Chair David P. Miller published poems in Blue as an Orange: “Just Between Us,” “After the Battle Collapses,” “Museum Wall Text for Our Bathroom Windowsill,” “No Longer Sleeping,” in Book of Matches, issue 6: “Baby’s Boat,” in Jerry Jazz Musician: “Belt Me a Tune,” in Loud Coffee Press, issue 11: “Hold My Raccoons,” in Riddled with Arrows: “Cow Crashes Through Roof, Kills Sleeping Man,” in Science Write Now: “At Altitude Then No More Light” and “Sit. Rest” and lastly, in Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine, issue 17: “Fenceless.”