Crisis Chronicles Press is thrilled to announce the publication of Meg Harris' highly anticipated poetry chapbook, Inquiry into Loneliness (CC#94), on 17 September 2017.
"Meg Harris gives us snapshots into a wildly imagined
ordinary universe with rich metaphor turning everything she touches into an
extraordinary occurrence. In Inquiry into Loneliness, 'the
wind has winter in its mouth' and 'the stars fly / from
fingertips.' Linger on each page for a glimpse into a beautiful and
mystical world."
—Amy King, author of The Missing Museum
"In Inquiry into
Loneliness, Meg Harris regards the divine like a lover, noting even its
smallest incarnations, overlooking nothing. In a somber funeral notice for a
sandpiper, we are reminded of our own human inconsequence, yet the world is
constant magic. Stars are 'mercury rolling,' a child’s newborn skull bears the
imprint of the place it was first loved. These poems are generous and
welcoming, even of pain’s inevitability. Meg Harris says yes, 'Yes to divine intervention / Divine anything.'"
—Leslie McGrath, author of Out from the
Pleiades
Inquiry into Loneliness is available for only $7 US from Crisis Chronicles Press, 3431 George Avenue, Parma, Ohio 44134. ISBN: 978-1-940996-45-5. Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5". Perfect bound. Cover art by the author. 34 pages featuring these 22 poems: "Yariguíes Brush-Finch," "Origins," "Inquiry into Loneliness," "Memory," "Apnea," "Paradise Lost," "Symbiosis," "Bird Sanctuary," "Hoboken 2012," "Vulture," "For Nonbelievers," "Sloth," "Poseidon," "Travel," "Vestigial," "A Rose from Roger," "Madonna and Child," "Yes, to Ghosts," "Starlet," "Crystal," "Heartbreaker" and "My Name."
Meg Harris is a writer, poet and teacher. Her work has appeared in
Upstreet,
Numero Cinq,
Whiskey Island,
River River,
Pirene’s Fountain, and others. She lives in a magical place called Sol’s Path where she offers guided-writing workshops in the Patchwork Farms’ Writing Process. Meg Harris serves on the Connecticut State Independent Living Council and is the Managing Editor at the recently launched Diaphanous Press Journal of Literary and Visual Art, which will release a second issue in November of 2017. She is an avid amateur photographer, miniaturist, and activist. She is most passionate about ending descriptor-discrimination because she believes everyone deserves their adjective. Round, white, feminist, witty, aging, empathic, Meg is well known in her family for both finding things lost and fixing things broken. She earned her MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
