New Books Received for September 2024
Small, Independent, and University Press, and Author-published Books
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September 2024 Featured Titles
90 Ways of Community: Nurturing Safe & Inclusive Classrooms Writing One Poem at a Time, Sarah J Donovan, Mo Daley, Maureen Young Ingram, Seela Books
A practical guide for writing poetry in grades 6-12. Unlock the transformative power of poetry in your classroom. See blog post here.
Dreams the Stones Have, David Chorlton, The Bitter Oleander Press
This Southwestern poet’s current Arizona roots establish his work in the deserts, the wildlife, and all its surprising revivals of monsoon vegetation. See sponsor blog post here.
Just YA: Short Poems, Essays, & Fiction for Grades 7-12, ed. Sarah J Donovan, Seela Books
A powerful collection of literature celebrating the diverse and dynamic experiences of contemporary youth. Includes a teacher guide with instructional materials. See blog post here.
The Little Ambulance War of Winchester County, I.M. Aiken, Flare Books/Catalyst Press
A fascinating and darkly funny novel giving readers front-row access to the world of EMS and other first responders. See Editor’s Choice blog post here.
The Poet’s Guide to Publishing: How to Conceive, Arrange, Edit, Publish and Market a Book of Poetry, Katerina Stoykova, McFarland
A guide to help walk poets through the process of creating, publishing, and marketing a full-length collection. See sponsor blog post here.
Thanassis Valtinos: New Moon: Day One, Thanassis Valtinos, Translated by Jane Assimakopoulos and Stavros Deligiorgis, Laertes
A semi-autobiographical tale revolving around two protagonists on the brink of manhood who speak in bluntly human tones in precincts that echo of death. See sponsor blog post here.
Words That Mend: The Transformative Power of Writing Poetry for Teachers, Students, and Community Wellbeing by Sarah J Donovan, et al., Seela Books
Written by teachers for teachers showing poetry as a powerful agent to support teachers, their students, and communities offering practical ways of writing poetry. See blog post here.
More Books Received
Poetry
After, Geoffrey Brock, Paul Dry Books
Assembling the Bomb, Jim Powell and Diego Marcial Rios, Author Published
Between the Night and Its Music, A. B. Spellman, Wesleyan University Press
Corner Office, Susan Hahn, Word Poetry
Dybbuk Americana, Joshua Gottlieb-Miller, Wesleyan University Press
The Escapades, Marie-Noëlle Agniau, World Poetry
Fall Asleep at the Circus, Katrin Talbot, Turning Point
Ghost Camera, David Semanki, Turning Point
I Don’t Want to Be Understood, Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, Alice James Books
İstanbul’s Tulip, Korkut Onaran, WordTech Editions
Landscapes Old and New, Allen Lee Ireland, David Roberts Books
Language Barrier, Bob Stanley, CW Books
The Light that Burns Us, Jazra Khaleed, World Poetry
O, Judith Kiros, World Poetry
Old Stranger, Joan Larkin, Alice James Books
Sky Mall, Erick Kocher, Rattle
The Spare Parts Saga, Anne Harding Woodworth, Turning Point
Tiny, Tiny Banjo, David Breeden, CW Books
Too Short to Box with God, Matthew Johnson, Finishing Line Press
Unwatered Seeds, William Waters, Cherry Grove Collections
Video Gam Pointers, Lenore Weiss, WordTech Editions
Vitamins for Ygdrasil and Other Poems, Corey Mesler, WordTech Editions
With Nothing But a Nod, Donald Wheelock, David Robert Books
Writing My Life, Naomi Feigelson Chase, Turning Point
Fiction
The Ambition, Yvonne Blackwood, FriesenPress
The Ariadne Objective, Wes Davis, Paul Dry Books
The Gilded Age Promise, Gregory Kopp, Kopp Company
In Their Ruin, Joyce Goldenstern, Black Heron Press
The Inferno, Dante Alighieri, trans. Longfellow, artist Sophy Hollington, Beehive Books
Juiceboxers, Benjamin Hertwig, Freehand Books
The Kiss Catastrophe, Raima Larter, Author Published
Out of Service, Joseph Heywood, Lyons Press
Pour One for the Devil, Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr., Latern Fish Books
The River View, Jamie Harrison, Counterpoint Press
SCHROEDER, Neal Cassidy, M & S Publishing
Sundown in San Ojuela, M.M. Olivas, Lantern Fish Press
The Willows, Algernon Blackwood, ed. Ruthanna Emrys, Lantern Fish Books
Nonfiction
At Work in the Ruins, Dougald Hine, Chelsea Green Publishing
The Anaconda in the Chandelier: Writings on China, Perry Link, Paul Dry Books
Countée Cullen’s Harlem Renaissance, Kevin Brown, Parlor Press
Dear Yusef, ed. John Murillo and Nicole Sealey, Wesleyan University Press
Homing: A Quest to Care for Myself and the Earth, Alice Irene Whittaker, Freehand Books
Iconophages: A History of Ingesting Images, Jérémie Koering, Zone Books
Imaginary Power, Real Horizons: The Practicality of Utopianism, Richard Gilman-Opalsky, AK Press
The Jewish Anarchist Movement in America, Joseph Cohen, AK Press
The Monarch Butterfly Migration, Monika Maeckle
Myths of Mythmaking, Julien-G, Beehive Books
The Organic Line: Toward a Topology of Modernism, Irene V. Small, Zone Books
Out of the Cage, Gary Shapiro, The Mad Duck Coalition
The Psychology of Totalitarianism, Mattias Desmet, Chelsea Green Publishing
Rethinking Rescue, Carol Mithers, Counterpoint Press
The Secret Life of Limericks, Bob Turvey, The Mad Duck Coalition
See August 2024 titles received here.
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