Kansas City Poetry Throwdown 2016: April 15, 16, 17th!

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I'm thrilled to be a part of this - and it'll be my first ever trip across the mighty Mississip. Heck, it'll be my first trek west of Auburn, Indiana.  I wanted to post a longer blog about it, but this has been a crazy busy day, and week, and month.

But I will mention that four Crisis Chronicles Press authors will be among the dozens of  featured poets from across the country. And I'll be taking a bunch of books, including the 9 new titles we've published so far this year.

More soon....  Hope to see you there!

Prospero's Books
1800 W 39th Street

Kansas City, Missouri 64111

A Case for Ascension!

I'm happy to announce that my work appears in A Case for Ascension: A collaborative sample reader, published this month by Asinimali Publications in Kansas City, Missouri.  The chapbook also features fine work by Jameson Bayles (Kansas City), Dianne Borsenik (Cleveland, OH), Joan Koromante (Topeka, KS) and Michelle Roberts (Lincoln, NE).  It was launched in preparation for the 2016 Kansas City Poetry Throwdown, and in conjunction with 2015 National Beat Poetry Festival events in Kansas City and Fredonia, NY.  Cover art by Jameson Bayles.  Those who attended our recent BeatStreet Cleveland event may recall that trumpeter Étienne Massicotte and I opened our set with one of my A Case for Ascension poems, "Way Erred Scenes inside a Jazz Mine."

I have a limited number of copies. You can buy one for $5 (plus $2 for postage) by clicking this button.
 

You may also score a copy by contacting the publisher, Asinimali Publications, directly, or from local book shops like Prospero's Books in Kansas City, Guide to Kulchur in Cleveland and (soon) Mac's Backs in Cleveland Heights and Main Street Books in Mansfield, Ohio.

If by chance you've already read A Case for Ascension (and especially if you like it), please consider rating or reviewing it at Goodreads.