Tag: Contributor Books

1000 Pieces of Time / Michael Minassian

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https://michaelminassian.com/

Michael Minassian a graduate of Dumont High School, Fairleigh Dickinson University (BA), and California State University at Dominguez Hills (MA) was born in New York and has lived in New Jersey, California, Florida, North Carolina and Texas. A professor of English for 30 years at Broward College in South Florida, he also taught in Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Jamaica, England, and served as a consultant in Spain and Ecuador.

You can see a short video of Mr. Minassian reading from his book on 3rd Wednesday’s YouTube Channel.

The Unnumbered Anniversaries / Kurt Olsson

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Kurt Olsson is a former Peace Corps volunteer who taught English at a small university in the Ferghana Valley in Central Asia in the late 1990s. Two years ago, Kurt moved from Maryland to Wisconsin so he could live near Lake Michigan and pursue his doctorate in English at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

The Unnumbered Anniversaries is Kurt’s third poetry collection. Of his second book, Burning Down Disneyland, Thomas Lux wrote, “I love the innovative mischief of its poems. Let it be known: a true poetic intelligence and imagination live between its covers.” Kurt’s first book, What Kills What Kills Us, won the Gerald Cable Book Award; the Towson University Prize for Literature, given annually to the best book published by a Maryland writer; and Peace Corps Writers’ Best Poetry Book of 2008.

Kurt’s poems have appeared in many publications, including Poetry, The New Republic, Southern Review, and The Threepenny Review.

You can see a video of Kurt reading from his book on 3rd Wednesday’s YouTube Channel.

Geranium Lake / Leslie Schultz

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Named for a bold pink pigment that fades over time, Leslie Schultz’s vibrant collection Geranium Lake is an ekphrastic extravaganza as well as a meditation on age, time, and beauty. Schultz’s refreshing curiosity is evident as she engages with individual works of art and with larger issues of looking, curation, and display. Schultz’s eye for quirky details and her ear for playful sounds reminds me of that other great ekphrastic poet, Marianne Moore. “I know the struggle to make one / thing true,” reminding us that making art—and making a life—is a long process with endless twists and turns: “for each new page, dozens crumpled and torn.” For Schultz, the process is the point. Geranium Lake teaches us what it means to live a life devoted to apprehending, and making, beauty. This is one collection that won’t lose its luster no matter how much time passes.

 —Melissa Range, author of Horse and Rider and Scriptorium

 

Art is where I find meaning, enjoyment, and a sense of accomplishment. Art expresses the depths and insights of life. I work primarily as a poet and photographer but also as a writer of fiction and essay.

—Leslie Schultz
https://winonamedia.net/

Geranium Lake: Poems on Art and Art-Making by Leslie Schultz
Kelsay Books, 2024
Available now from Kelsay Books and on Amazon.com