Showing posts with label CA Conrad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CA Conrad. Show all posts
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Monday, December 28, 2020
Accomplishments I'm Proud of in 2020: The Collapsed Bookshelf
Some people have false starts, I have false finishes.
The manuscript for my second book full-length collection of poems wasvaccepted at the end of 2016. Because of the nature of how I wrote these poems (leaving them in need of serious editing) and the way my schedule has been a fluctuating mess for years, the final draft with my changes and Mignon's was finished by March 2020.
In July 2020, The Collapsed Bookshelf came out. It received good reviews and exposure thanks in no small part to it being on Amazon. Turns out this was both a blessing and a curse, as I didn't expect Jeff Bezos to turn even more evil than he already was. Still, I wanted my book to be taken as seriously as possible. It worked thanks in large part to Editor and Publisher Mignon Ariel King of Tell-Tale Chapbooks.
The Collapsed Bookshelf has since been nominated for a Massachusetts Book Award. For a collection of poems I mostly wrote in less than twenty four hours, this was the second hardest collection I ever worked on. It was worth all the effort I made and all the stolen time I had to seize to finish the job.
My gratitude goes to Mignon. To advance copy blurb writers CA Conrad,Joanie DiMartino and Timothy Gager, To everyone who purchased a copy. To everyone who let me know they enjoyed the book. And last but not least to Ed Gault who provided me with the book's cover photo.
If you haven't purchased the book yet, please consider doing so on Amazon. Hold your nose if you must. I promise to put out more work for more indy operations in the future. These poems mean a lot to me, and I'm glad they mean something to others.
Saturday, July 04, 2020
My Latest Book is Now on Amazon
In 2005 I started my tenure at the historic weekly reading series Stone Soup Poetry, co-hosting and promoting at first before becoming the full time host.
Ten years later, I began a series called Stone Soup Croutons, poems I would write based on what was read on the open mic and who was featured each week.
The Collapsed Bookshelf is a selection of Stone Soup Croutons pieces written from June 2015 to August 2016. This book collects reworked poems, many of which are no longer available online.
I am grateful to Mignon Ariel King and Tell-Tale Chapbooks for giving this work a brand new presentation. I am also grateful to Edward S. Gault for providing photography for the cover.
Order my book now off of Amazon. Thank you for your support.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Best Endorsement
I posted my Stone Soup Croutons poem this past Tuesday on the Stone Soup Facebook page. I got one of my biggest endorsements from Philadelphia-based poet C.A. Conrad.
Thank you so much, CA. It's nice to be reminded that I don't write in a vacuum.
Thank you so much, CA. It's nice to be reminded that I don't write in a vacuum.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
June 24th: CA Conrad Visits Massachusetts, Checks In at Stone Soup First
I'm glad this is finally coming together. Stone Soup worked with two other venues to bring the amazing and prolific CA Conrad up from Philadelphia for a mini-tour of Massachusetts. Thanks to the Zig Zag Poetry Open Mic and Speak UP: Spoken Word for doing the lion's share of the work. If you're ambituous, you can follow this link to CA's site and find out his entire schedule from the 24th to the 26th. If you want to see at least CA Conrad kick this tour off, come to Stone Soup this Monday!
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