Erin Francisco's poetry wants us to consider where we have been, where we are going, and how the choices we make influence... More > the world around us. Whether she takes us through the American landscape or through the letters of a deported Nazi guard, she asks that we understand "how fate takes direction / like people starved hollow / sitting before a TV fire." < Less

Laurie E. White's new chapbook of poems takes the reader through a fragmented love story of landscape, longing, and joy.... More > These are dizzying poems. They are lovely both on the page and read out loud. < Less

Heather Bartlett's poetry shows us despair, desperation, abuse, and tells us that, "You will not be saved." But that is... More > exactly what her poetry does--saves. The poems ask us to empathize with Andrea Yates, a poet riding a lonely train to Albany, a hospice nurse. A poet of witness, Bartlett asks us to "Look," and we cannot help but listen. < Less

In his beautifully constructed small book of poems, Isaiah Vianese takes his reader through the delicate process of... More > remembering. With a voice that is both reverent and bold, the speaker of these poems explores relationship and environment. As a son, he reflects on the importance of tradition. As a poet, he meditates on place, nature. With Stopping on the Old Highway, Vianese shows us the labor of love and compassion, urging us to remember with him that, "This too is our fight." - Heather Bartlett < Less

Laurie E. White's new chapbook of poems takes the reader through a fragmented love story of landscape, longing, and joy.... More > These are dizzying poems. They are lovely both on the page and read out loud. < Less

In his beautifully constructed small book of poems, Isaiah Vianese takes his reader through the delicate process of... More > remembering. With a voice that is both reverent and bold, the speaker of these poems explores relationship and environment. As a son, he reflects on the importance of tradition. As a poet, he meditates on place, nature. With Stopping on the Old Highway, Vianese shows us the labor of love and compassion, urging us to remember with him that, “This too is our fight.”

--Heather Bartlett,
author of Bleeding Yellow Light < Less

Heather Bartlett's poetry shows us despair, desperation, abuse, and tells us that, "You will not be saved." But that is... More > exactly what her poetry does--saves. The poems ask us to empathize with Andrea Yates, a poet riding a lonely train to Albany, a hospice nurse. A poet of witness, Bartlett asks us to "Look," and we cannot help but listen. < Less