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Laura Foley, author of WHY I NEVER FINISHED MY DISSERTATION, on tour April 2021
About Why I Never Finished My Dissertation Publisher : Headmistress Press (August 18, 2019) Paperback : 108 pages Named one of seven Best Indie Poetry Books of 2019 by Kirkus. Foley’s writing may appear sparse and reserved but it harbors a subtle power. The poet’s greatest strength is her acute sense of observation. She possesses the ability to […]
Laura Foley, author of Night Ringing, on tour September 2016
About Night Ringing Paperback: 108 pages Publisher: Headmistress Press (January 11, 2016) “I revel in the genius of simplicity” Laura Foley writes as she gives us in plain-spoken but deeply lyrical moments, poems that explore a life filled with twists and turns and with many transformations. Through it all is a search for a fulfilling personal and […]
Marie Slaight, author of The Antigone Poems, on tour May 2015
About The Antigone Poems Trade Paperback: 104 pages Publisher: Altaire Productions & Publications; First edition (June 15, 2014) Featuring poetry by Marie Slaight and charcoal drawings by Terrence Tasker, The Antigone Poems was created in the 1970’s, while the artists were living between Montreal and Toronto. An intensely personal invocation of the ancient Greek tale of defiance, the illustrations and […]
Laura Foley, author of Joy Street, on tour January 2015
About Joy Street Paperback: 46 pages Publisher: Headmistress Press (July 8, 2014) Each poem in this radiantly plainspoken collection offers subtle and penetrating observations that swell to a rich tapestry of ordinary life, beheld from a stance of grace and buoyancy. Starting with intimations of desire in childhood, these poems travel through ordinary domestic scenes to the […]
Diana Raab, author of Lust, on tour September/October 2014
About Lust Paperback: 104 pages Publisher: WordTech Communications (February 1, 2014) In her fourth book of poetry, Raab employs narrative verse that is alive, titillating, and seductive. Lust examines the emotional and physical complexity of love, helping readers navigate the risks of intimacy as we move toward the realization that every experience enriches our lives, whether we perceive it […]
Kathryn Kirkpatrick, author of Our Held Animal Breath: Poems, on tour June 2013
About Our Held Animal Breath: Poems Paperback: 96 pages Publisher: WordTech Communications (September 4, 2012) Our Held Animal Breath is a collection of poems grappling with the failure of human political and social structures to effectively address the dilemmas of our crucial historical moment. Registering an eco-feminist consciousness, the narrators of these poems expose the intertwined vulnerabilities […]