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March 14, 2018: Scant Hours: Selected Poems of Elisabeth Schmeidel, Translated by
Stuart Friebert: Elisabeth Schmeidel (1945-2012), born in Austria, taught art and
wrote seriously and furiously. In a diversity of voices and poetic forms, Scant Hours
explores war and violence; relationships with love, family, sickness, inner life.
“With sensitivity and creativity, Stuart Friebert brings Schmeidel’s images and word collages into English; he creates a tone that allows access to the fine voices and moods of Schmeidel’s language.”—Thomas Wild
October, 2017—Solstice Interview: Stuart Friebert: On translating Elisabeth Schmeidel’s poetry Interview by Dzvinia Orlowsky: Stuart Friebert discusses translating the poetry of Austrian, Elisabeth Schmeidel (1945-2012). Read the Interview
October 23, 2017—A Word’s Worth Review: “This volume is a real invocation of the
Muse and will keep its freshness and sense of meaning long after reading.” Read the
Review
October 10, 2017: Pinyon Review Fall Issue
True West by GL Entsminger; Poems by: G Hotham, N Harrison, M Miller, J Miller, J Plack, E Schmeidel, S Friebert, D Mager, Y Changming, L Shaw, & D Phillippo; Stopping By Words, Monologue by K Heinzleman; Light Painting Water, Photography by S Friebert; Poetry+Art by D Moore & K Borque, F & G Tolf, G & S Entsminger; The Dream Within A Dream, Story by B DeArmond; Pines On Fire, Cover Art by J Friedenberg
October 2017—Reading at Malvern Books:
Kurt Heinzelman reads from Whatever You May Say
Book Launch at Malvern Books, Austin TX. Watch the Reading on YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
August 9, 2017—A Word’s Worth Review: “Metaphysical adventures and beyond catalogs of description, exposing the existential within everyday life, as well as musings about the Self.” Read the Review
July 31, 2017: Whatever You May Say Poems by Kurt Heinzelman
“Strikingly vivid, hilarious and wise, the poems meditate on a range of subjects: sunflowers, barking dogs, Texas landscapes, memory, wars. ”—Wendy Barker
November 11, 2017—A Word’s Worth Review: “a poetry collection that carries the reader away with its freshness, its unusually wry and unsentimental tone, the poems unfolding with surprises for the reader that sometimes border on caprice.” Read the Review
November 24, 2017—Brevity & the Art of Haiku:
Gary Hotham, author of Stone’s Throw, speaks to the Eliot Society
Why read or write poetry? Because poetry lets the writer do something with language that other forms can't do. The words and rhythms of a well-crafted poem have the power to alter our vision, and to deepen our delight and wonder at the created world. Watch and Listen to the Talk
December 27, 2017—A Word’s Worth Review: “Moonflowers, wild beasts, snakes with fangs
extended, fairy queens, goblins — creatures from old mythologies and cultures rise
from the unconscious of poet and artist.” Read the Review
December 20, 2017: How Still the Riddle Poems by Francine Marie Tolf, Art by Gale Tolf
“My golden hair is turning gray, / my sins are sinned, my wild oats flung. / Now’s the time to pen a book / of rhymes for children old and young.”
Francine’s late sister, Gale Tolf, created the artwork, drawing inspiration in myth, legend, and fairytale, a perfect complement to these thoughtful, loving, and life-fulfilling poems.
May 22, 2018: Where the Waters Take You
Wilderness, wildlife, friendship, family, humor, and Harrison’s patient, thoughtful observations suffuse his graceful poems with the beauty and wisdom of living close to the earth:
In response to something like instinct / the first word rises, others follow, / and a new migration begins / the archetypal bid for survival, / direction perhaps predetermined / back at the beginning of time, / soon lines of words almost seem to fly.
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