"Is this smalltown America? A place where the air doesn't move, love is thin, beer fails nightly to do its trick, and hope rides a cloud to the edge of ...

"The poems in this book reframe the daily and habitual to reveal the strange, rich interiors of ordinary moments: sitting in a traffic jam, tilted back ...

Published as part of the bilingual Alta California Chapbook Series. "The flowing, associative poems of The First Amelia sing with confidence and ...

Joshua MicKinney, winner of the first John Ridland Poetry Prize, is the author of four previous poetry collections: Small Sillion (Parlor Press ...

In his most personal collection of poems to date, California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick writes with openness about his adoption from Korea in more than ...

" Empty Me Full is an invitation to intimate conversation with a wise and affectionate seeker. But Catherine Abbey Hodges is no common questioner. Hers ...

In  Frangible Operas,  Susan Kelly-DeWitt is a seer at the height of her formidable artistic powers, gathering parallel realities, fractured ...

"Learning to Drown is that rare book of poems you read over and over again, savoring its texture, taste, and cohesion. SM Stubbs delivers poems that ...

"The poems of Holly Karapetkova do not ask for forgiveness. They willingly tackle issues of race and explore ideas associated with the anatomy of whiteness. ...

Original poems by Keith Ekiss. "San Francisco, the millennial city: Mission and Market, bars and cafes, hills, bridges, and ocean. To read the pages of ...