| Books/Services |
| Below is perhaps what we are most proud of at KSPS -- our members and their works and services. We have provided order information for your use in adding these works to your collection or to take advantage of the excellent literary services our members provide. |
Pegasus, the KSPS poetry journal, publishes three issues each year, Spring/Summer, Fall/Winter, and a Prize Poems issue featuring all first place
poems from our annual contest. A subscription to Pegasus is provided at no cost to KSPS members. For all others, Pegasus is available for $3.50 per
copy. Make checks payable to KSPS and send to Miriam Woolfolk at the address below.
Pegasus invites submissions from all poets. KSPS membership is not required. Selection of work for Pegasus is based on merit; therefore, publication,
regardless of membership status, is not guaranteed. Submit 3 - 5 poems at one time, keeping in mind that the length and width of the page may also
affect the choice of work. Always enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return and/or reply.
KSPS members may send their books for review in the "Book Beat" column of Pegasus to Elaine Palencia, KSPS Book Reviewer, at 3006 Valley Brook
Drive, Champaign IL 61822-6114. Submit poetry and/or inquiries to: Pegasus, Miriam L. Woolfolk, Editor, 101 S. Hanover Ave. # 5C, Lexington, KY,
40502.
poems from our annual contest. A subscription to Pegasus is provided at no cost to KSPS members. For all others, Pegasus is available for $3.50 per
copy. Make checks payable to KSPS and send to Miriam Woolfolk at the address below.
Pegasus invites submissions from all poets. KSPS membership is not required. Selection of work for Pegasus is based on merit; therefore, publication,
regardless of membership status, is not guaranteed. Submit 3 - 5 poems at one time, keeping in mind that the length and width of the page may also
affect the choice of work. Always enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return and/or reply.
KSPS members may send their books for review in the "Book Beat" column of Pegasus to Elaine Palencia, KSPS Book Reviewer, at 3006 Valley Brook
Drive, Champaign IL 61822-6114. Submit poetry and/or inquiries to: Pegasus, Miriam L. Woolfolk, Editor, 101 S. Hanover Ave. # 5C, Lexington, KY,
40502.
James Burdick, Ph.D., was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his
BA from James Millikin University (chemistry and math), MA from
Brooklyn College (psychology), and his Ph.D. from the University of
Manitoba (psychology). He has published over 50 articles in refereed
journals, mostly in the field of psychophysiology. He has received
grants from the U. S. Public Health Service, and the Medical Research
Council of Canada. Jim has lived in the US, Turkey, Canada, England,
and Saudi Arabia, and traveled extensively. Presently, he is retired and
lives with his wife in a log cabin on a lake in rural Kentucky.
Book offerings include: the first book of poems, the second book of
poems, Poems from a Log Cabin, philosophical self search, The
Burdick Workbook, the adventures of James, Machu Picchu. Available
at: http://www.lulu.com/burdick; and, poetry pages vol II, $16; within
three lines, $9.50; available at
http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/index.php
Email: jaburdick@yahoo.com Address: 1717 Tanglewood Lane
McDaniels, KY 40152
BA from James Millikin University (chemistry and math), MA from
Brooklyn College (psychology), and his Ph.D. from the University of
Manitoba (psychology). He has published over 50 articles in refereed
journals, mostly in the field of psychophysiology. He has received
grants from the U. S. Public Health Service, and the Medical Research
Council of Canada. Jim has lived in the US, Turkey, Canada, England,
and Saudi Arabia, and traveled extensively. Presently, he is retired and
lives with his wife in a log cabin on a lake in rural Kentucky.
Book offerings include: the first book of poems, the second book of
poems, Poems from a Log Cabin, philosophical self search, The
Burdick Workbook, the adventures of James, Machu Picchu. Available
at: http://www.lulu.com/burdick; and, poetry pages vol II, $16; within
three lines, $9.50; available at
http://www.poetrypages.com/phpBB2/index.php
Email: jaburdick@yahoo.com Address: 1717 Tanglewood Lane
McDaniels, KY 40152
Dance the Black-Eyed Girl -- Finishing Line Press -- #13 in their
New Women’s Voices series, was a finalist in their open competition,
was nominated for the 2005 Kentucky Literary Award in poetry. A
limited edition chapbook with rice paper endpapers and ribbon.
$12.00 plus 6% sales tax for Kentucky residents. Can be purchased
at Amazon and online from publisher through Paypal or by mail:
Finishing Line Press, PO Box 1626, Georgetown, Kentucky 40324,
http://www.finishinglinepress.com/
My Will and Testament Is on the Desk – Foothills Publishing -- #4
in their Poets on Peace series. Also a limited edition chapbook,
hand-stitched. Available direct from publisher through Paypal or by
mail: FootHills Publishing, PO Box 68, Kanona, NY 14856,
http://www.foothillspublishing.com/index.htm.
Be sure to visit Sherry on her poetry blog: http://www.sherrychandler.
com where she discusses matters pertaining to poetry and the arts
in Kentucky.
New Women’s Voices series, was a finalist in their open competition,
was nominated for the 2005 Kentucky Literary Award in poetry. A
limited edition chapbook with rice paper endpapers and ribbon.
$12.00 plus 6% sales tax for Kentucky residents. Can be purchased
at Amazon and online from publisher through Paypal or by mail:
Finishing Line Press, PO Box 1626, Georgetown, Kentucky 40324,
http://www.finishinglinepress.com/
My Will and Testament Is on the Desk – Foothills Publishing -- #4
in their Poets on Peace series. Also a limited edition chapbook,
hand-stitched. Available direct from publisher through Paypal or by
mail: FootHills Publishing, PO Box 68, Kanona, NY 14856,
http://www.foothillspublishing.com/index.htm.
Be sure to visit Sherry on her poetry blog: http://www.sherrychandler.
com where she discusses matters pertaining to poetry and the arts
in Kentucky.
Paths From The Shawnee Spring
by Robert W. Kimsey
There are many paths from Kellen Hollow, Greenup County
Kentucky to a log cabin in the Blue Ridge of North Georgia. Travel
with Robert as he walks paths that include city schools, high
mountains, bears and people that touched his life along the way.
Purchase this chapbook of original poetry for $9.00 (includes
shipping and handling) from:
Robert W. Kimsey E-mail: robtkzga@bellsouth.net
85 Trail Tree Drive
McCaysville, GA 30555
Get to know Robert Kimsey better! Visit:
http://robertwkimseywritingontheridge.blogspot.com/
by Robert W. Kimsey
There are many paths from Kellen Hollow, Greenup County
Kentucky to a log cabin in the Blue Ridge of North Georgia. Travel
with Robert as he walks paths that include city schools, high
mountains, bears and people that touched his life along the way.
Purchase this chapbook of original poetry for $9.00 (includes
shipping and handling) from:
Robert W. Kimsey E-mail: robtkzga@bellsouth.net
85 Trail Tree Drive
McCaysville, GA 30555
Get to know Robert Kimsey better! Visit:
http://robertwkimseywritingontheridge.blogspot.com/
Karen Newman has another poetry collection out...and with a degree in
chemistry, Newman is able to concoct some explosive poetry! From one-night
stands to breakfasts after Tiffany's, from little red churches to Titanic survivors,
Newman lights the speculative fuse to our human and social foibles and
rearranges our molecules with forty-two poems in her latest poetry collection,
Toward Absolute Zero, which may be purchased at The Genre Mall at http:
//www.genremall.com/poetryr.htm.
Karen lives in Kentucky where she's an active member of Horror Writers
Association and edits Illumen and Afterburn SF. Over three hundred of her
short stories and poems have been published both online and in print in
places such as The Pedestal Magazine, Sotto Voce Magazine, and Verse Libre
Quarterly. Her poetry collections include EEKU (Sam’s Dot, 2005),
ChemICKals (Naked Snake Press, 2007), and Toward Absolute Zero (Sam’s
Dot, 2009). She won the 2005 Kentucky Mary Jane Barnes Award and two of her
poems received honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror.
She's been nominated for a Rhysling Award and twice nominated for a Dwarf
Star Award.
Please visit Karen online at http://home.zoomnet.net/~karennew.
chemistry, Newman is able to concoct some explosive poetry! From one-night
stands to breakfasts after Tiffany's, from little red churches to Titanic survivors,
Newman lights the speculative fuse to our human and social foibles and
rearranges our molecules with forty-two poems in her latest poetry collection,
Toward Absolute Zero, which may be purchased at The Genre Mall at http:
//www.genremall.com/poetryr.htm.
Karen lives in Kentucky where she's an active member of Horror Writers
Association and edits Illumen and Afterburn SF. Over three hundred of her
short stories and poems have been published both online and in print in
places such as The Pedestal Magazine, Sotto Voce Magazine, and Verse Libre
Quarterly. Her poetry collections include EEKU (Sam’s Dot, 2005),
ChemICKals (Naked Snake Press, 2007), and Toward Absolute Zero (Sam’s
Dot, 2009). She won the 2005 Kentucky Mary Jane Barnes Award and two of her
poems received honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror.
She's been nominated for a Rhysling Award and twice nominated for a Dwarf
Star Award.
Please visit Karen online at http://home.zoomnet.net/~karennew.
The Angels’ Share -- Out of the chaotic nineteenth century period
of reconstruction comes former Sergeant Jack Grady of the
Stonewall Brigade, his family, and a diverse cast of southern
characters trying to rebuild their ravaged land. In the summer of
1865, Jack, his son, and two other veterans make an epic journey
across the war-torn South. Meet this beleaguered farm family from
the Tennessee mountains and get a perspective of our nation that
transcends and enhances textbook history.
Pilgrim Heart -- This collection reverberates with rural tradition,
heartbreak, and salvation. There are individual stories wrapped in
historical events; a drummer boy at the battle of Petersburg, a
Confederate widow going through her dead husband’s backpack, a
peddler from Kansas who is not who he seems, murder on a Civil
War battlefield, a farm boy with a broken heart, and others. Included
are essays about a dog named Molly, a man’s last hunt, and
boyhood recollections of the game of golf. The poems concern
themselves with nature, earth, sky, and human longings. All in all, it
is a compilation concerning the landscape of life.
Order from: Amazon.com
Ascended Ideas epublishing
of reconstruction comes former Sergeant Jack Grady of the
Stonewall Brigade, his family, and a diverse cast of southern
characters trying to rebuild their ravaged land. In the summer of
1865, Jack, his son, and two other veterans make an epic journey
across the war-torn South. Meet this beleaguered farm family from
the Tennessee mountains and get a perspective of our nation that
transcends and enhances textbook history.
Pilgrim Heart -- This collection reverberates with rural tradition,
heartbreak, and salvation. There are individual stories wrapped in
historical events; a drummer boy at the battle of Petersburg, a
Confederate widow going through her dead husband’s backpack, a
peddler from Kansas who is not who he seems, murder on a Civil
War battlefield, a farm boy with a broken heart, and others. Included
are essays about a dog named Molly, a man’s last hunt, and
boyhood recollections of the game of golf. The poems concern
themselves with nature, earth, sky, and human longings. All in all, it
is a compilation concerning the landscape of life.
Order from: Amazon.com
Ascended Ideas epublishing
The Dailiness of It continues the story begun in Palencia's first
poetry collection, Taking the Train.
and The White Palazzo
The Dailiness of It (Louisville KY: Grex Press) is available from the
author for $10.50 (includes postage) at 3006 Valley Brook Drive,
Champaign, IL 61822-6114. Email Elaine at epalenci@uiuc.edu.
Special Note: Elaine Palencia is the book review editor for Pegasus,
the KSPS journal. Members of KSPS may send books for review at
the above address.
poetry collection, Taking the Train.
- "The poems in this collection--by a poet-mother writing about
her mutiply handicapped boy-man--are partly like astonishing
bits of news from a family album, and partly like astonishing
bits of news about the human condition in general. These
poems are deeply personal and acutely universal. Elaine
Palencia's son, Andrew, is seen from the outside and inside,
in all of his heroic and anti-heroic self. As a mother of a
disabled son, I can vouch for the veracity of these poems...
there is devastating honesty in every line."
and The White Palazzo
The Dailiness of It (Louisville KY: Grex Press) is available from the
author for $10.50 (includes postage) at 3006 Valley Brook Drive,
Champaign, IL 61822-6114. Email Elaine at epalenci@uiuc.edu.
Special Note: Elaine Palencia is the book review editor for Pegasus,
the KSPS journal. Members of KSPS may send books for review at
the above address.
Where the Red Road Meets the Sky – Finishing Line Press 2009 --
A chapbook of poetry, $12
(Chandler’s) useful, lovely collection rings with the compassionate voice
and shines with the sharp vision of an Appalachian woman
who is a true citizen of the world as it is. -Jane Gentry, Kentucky Poet Laureate
Purchase from the author at curtisandgailc@insightbb.com or online from the
publisher http://www.finishinglinepress.com/ or by mail: Finishing Line Press,
PO Box 1626, Georgetown, Kentucky 40324. Proceeds from copies sold by the
author are donated to Vihiga Children’s Home in western Kenya.
http://tjuc.org/programs/vihiga-orphanage.html
Sunflowers on Market Street – Dismas Charities 2003 – Trade paperback
with photographs, nonfiction shorts from the author’s years of directing a halfway
house for adult male felons.
“. . . Sunshine and sunflowers shine on this touching book.”
-Madge Walls, author of Paying the Price
May be purchased by email from Dismas Charities for $14.95 at
smountjoy@dismas.com or from the author per contact info above.
A chapbook of poetry, $12
(Chandler’s) useful, lovely collection rings with the compassionate voice
and shines with the sharp vision of an Appalachian woman
who is a true citizen of the world as it is. -Jane Gentry, Kentucky Poet Laureate
Purchase from the author at curtisandgailc@insightbb.com or online from the
publisher http://www.finishinglinepress.com/ or by mail: Finishing Line Press,
PO Box 1626, Georgetown, Kentucky 40324. Proceeds from copies sold by the
author are donated to Vihiga Children’s Home in western Kenya.
http://tjuc.org/programs/vihiga-orphanage.html
Sunflowers on Market Street – Dismas Charities 2003 – Trade paperback
with photographs, nonfiction shorts from the author’s years of directing a halfway
house for adult male felons.
“. . . Sunshine and sunflowers shine on this touching book.”
-Madge Walls, author of Paying the Price
May be purchased by email from Dismas Charities for $14.95 at
smountjoy@dismas.com or from the author per contact info above.
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| Karen L. Newman |
| Brooks Carver |
| Elaine Fowler Palencia |
| E. Gail Chandler |
| Ellen Kelley |
No Greater Treasure
by Ellen Kelley
"Set amidst the breathtaking scenery of Colorado, Ms. Kelley has
created a story of budding love and passion that will please the
romance reader. Her first fiction novel cannot be called anything but
a success." --RG, Rendezvous, Oct. ‘98
"Award-winning poet, Ellen Kelley, scribes her debut novel, a lyrical
and appealing historical romance that will exhilarate fans of the
Americana sub-genre. The story line moves quickly, especially the
subplot involving archaeology The characters are all exciting,
especially Kacey. Ms. Kelley has entered the romance
world in a big way that will leave her with many fans
desiring more and bigger historical romances from her."
--Harriet Klausner, www.paintedrock.com
Purchase Online: Amazon.com; Barnes & Noble.com;
New and Previously Owned Books
by Ellen Kelley
"Set amidst the breathtaking scenery of Colorado, Ms. Kelley has
created a story of budding love and passion that will please the
romance reader. Her first fiction novel cannot be called anything but
a success." --RG, Rendezvous, Oct. ‘98
"Award-winning poet, Ellen Kelley, scribes her debut novel, a lyrical
and appealing historical romance that will exhilarate fans of the
Americana sub-genre. The story line moves quickly, especially the
subplot involving archaeology The characters are all exciting,
especially Kacey. Ms. Kelley has entered the romance
world in a big way that will leave her with many fans
desiring more and bigger historical romances from her."
--Harriet Klausner, www.paintedrock.com
Purchase Online: Amazon.com; Barnes & Noble.com;
New and Previously Owned Books
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Janet Nesler is editor of a poetry column in a newspaper in
Wheelersburg, OH and would like to have submissions for her
column from KSPS members. Her column is titled Poets Platform,
and she has been editing the column for about 8 years at the
Scioto Voice. Janet's column is a community column that has
beginning poets as well as seasoned poets. To see what the
column is all about, you may visit Janet’s website at
www.poetsplatform.com, or for more information, you may email
Janet directly at abrapoet@roadrunner.com.
Wheelersburg, OH and would like to have submissions for her
column from KSPS members. Her column is titled Poets Platform,
and she has been editing the column for about 8 years at the
Scioto Voice. Janet's column is a community column that has
beginning poets as well as seasoned poets. To see what the
column is all about, you may visit Janet’s website at
www.poetsplatform.com, or for more information, you may email
Janet directly at abrapoet@roadrunner.com.
| Janet Nesler |
Pat Durmon, free-verse poet
Title: Blind Curves, a chapbook
Our lives are full of blind curves--- yours and mine. It will forever
be that way, so I am acknowledging it. Just nodding my head at
how it is. My work touches on nature, love, losses, death, how it
is. My work touches on nature, love, losses, death, becomes
brighter and more splendid. I like to think of my book "Durmon's
as being in your possession. One reviewer says: memories.
work is easy to read, hard to forget."
Price: $11.00; includes all processing fees and mailing.
Available from: Pat Durmon, 2663 Shipps Drive, Norfork, AR
72658; jdurmon@centurytel.net.
Title: Blind Curves, a chapbook
Our lives are full of blind curves--- yours and mine. It will forever
be that way, so I am acknowledging it. Just nodding my head at
how it is. My work touches on nature, love, losses, death, how it
is. My work touches on nature, love, losses, death, becomes
brighter and more splendid. I like to think of my book "Durmon's
as being in your possession. One reviewer says: memories.
work is easy to read, hard to forget."
Price: $11.00; includes all processing fees and mailing.
Available from: Pat Durmon, 2663 Shipps Drive, Norfork, AR
72658; jdurmon@centurytel.net.
| Pat Durmon |
Following Hope
by Sabne Raznik
In this masterful debut offering, Raznik’s free spirit, depth, and
literary gifts sparkle brightly in this spellbinding collection as she
lets loose an array of poems that tickle the mind, touch the heart,
and soothe the soul.
In today’s volatile, stressful world, this poetry collection is a timely
— and timeless — offering from a poet of unquestionable talent
and unfathomable depth.
You can order a copy of Following Hope at these online
bookstores:
www.Xlibris.com - www.BarnesandNoble.com - www.Amazon.com
by Sabne Raznik
In this masterful debut offering, Raznik’s free spirit, depth, and
literary gifts sparkle brightly in this spellbinding collection as she
lets loose an array of poems that tickle the mind, touch the heart,
and soothe the soul.
In today’s volatile, stressful world, this poetry collection is a timely
— and timeless — offering from a poet of unquestionable talent
and unfathomable depth.
You can order a copy of Following Hope at these online
bookstores:
www.Xlibris.com - www.BarnesandNoble.com - www.Amazon.com
| Sabne Raznik |
In Appalachian Girl, Barbara's poems are inspired by memories
from her childhood in St. Charles, Virgina, a booming coal mining
community at the time. Her poems and photographs of the era
capture the close family ties and nostalgic scenes of daily life.
Available from the author, $8.00 (includes S&H), at billg5@tds.net
or the address below.
A Legendary Christmas
This chapbook of original poetry recounts Christmas legends and
celebrates the spirit and joy of Christmas. Available from the
author, $6.00 (includes P&H), at billg5@tds.net or the address
below.
Barbara Groce*
PO Box 746
Morganton, GA 30560 *Make checks payable to Barbara Groce.
from her childhood in St. Charles, Virgina, a booming coal mining
community at the time. Her poems and photographs of the era
capture the close family ties and nostalgic scenes of daily life.
Available from the author, $8.00 (includes S&H), at billg5@tds.net
or the address below.
A Legendary Christmas
This chapbook of original poetry recounts Christmas legends and
celebrates the spirit and joy of Christmas. Available from the
author, $6.00 (includes P&H), at billg5@tds.net or the address
below.
Barbara Groce*
PO Box 746
Morganton, GA 30560 *Make checks payable to Barbara Groce.
| Barbara Groce |
Linda Swift Reeder, past KSPS President, has had over 100
WPSD-TV, and won numerous awards for her work. Two of her
novels, THAT SPECIAL SUMMER and A CHRISTMAS GIFT, are
currently available from Amazon.com. She has recently become an
E-book author of women's fiction and romance. Her first
E-book, LET NOTHING YOU DISMAY, became available
December 2008 from The Wild Rose Press. This heartwarming
holiday story can be ordered from www.thewildrosepress.com.
Other books available in 2009 as E-books and in print are:
CIRCLE of LOVE, www.thewildrosepess.com
SINGLE STATUS, www.awe-struckbooks.com
MAID of the MIDLANDS, www.awe-struckbooks.com
check out her Poetry Page.
WPSD-TV, and won numerous awards for her work. Two of her
novels, THAT SPECIAL SUMMER and A CHRISTMAS GIFT, are
currently available from Amazon.com. She has recently become an
E-book author of women's fiction and romance. Her first
E-book, LET NOTHING YOU DISMAY, became available
December 2008 from The Wild Rose Press. This heartwarming
holiday story can be ordered from www.thewildrosepress.com.
Other books available in 2009 as E-books and in print are:
CIRCLE of LOVE, www.thewildrosepess.com
SINGLE STATUS, www.awe-struckbooks.com
MAID of the MIDLANDS, www.awe-struckbooks.com
- Visit www.lindaswift.net to
- books and release
check out her Poetry Page.
| Linda Swift Reeder |
Don Amburgey has been a teacher, drama producer, and a
and mandolin player; reading, however, remains his dominant
pleasure. With wife Joyce, a librarian, he lives in Jenkins,
Kentucky.
Amburgey's writings include: poetry, stories, and a fictionalized,
straight forward and brief account of the life of C.S. Rafinesque -
neglected genius, world famous, self-taught naturalist.
Rafinesque's peers resented him for being self-taught, but
Charles Darwin paid tribute to him in the introduction of, On The
Origin of Species. Readers are invited to enjoy Amburgey's
latest biographical release, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Solo
Naturalist. Available for $12.95 from: Publish America,
Amazon.com, or Don Amburgey, P.O. Box 609, Jenkins, KY
41537.
and mandolin player; reading, however, remains his dominant
pleasure. With wife Joyce, a librarian, he lives in Jenkins,
Kentucky.
Amburgey's writings include: poetry, stories, and a fictionalized,
straight forward and brief account of the life of C.S. Rafinesque -
neglected genius, world famous, self-taught naturalist.
Rafinesque's peers resented him for being self-taught, but
Charles Darwin paid tribute to him in the introduction of, On The
Origin of Species. Readers are invited to enjoy Amburgey's
latest biographical release, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Solo
Naturalist. Available for $12.95 from: Publish America,
Amazon.com, or Don Amburgey, P.O. Box 609, Jenkins, KY
41537.
| Don Amburgey |
Photo by E. Gail Chandler
| Sylvia Davis |
Appalachian Angels is a collection of personal essays by Kentuckians
who have had a near-death experience or an angel encounter. Thirty-nine
amazing stories of hope emerge from this spiritual anthology as writers tell
of traveling to the brink of death and back, or how angels came to their
rescue during an emergency. Appalachian Angels is published by Infinity
Publishing and can be purchased at most bookstores, or online at
www.buybooksontheweb.com and Amazon.com. Price: $12.95
Sylvia DeLee Davis, editor of Appalachian Angels, is a native of Carter
County who maintains homes in Richmond and Ashland, Kentucky. A
graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, she is a substitute teacher and
ESL tutor. She has one daughter and two grandchildren.
Sylvia has had works published in numerous anthologies and journals
including World Treasury of Great Poems, Colors of Thought, The other
Side of Midnight, Poetry as Prayer: Appalachian Women Speak,
Appalachian Connection, Kudzu, Appalachian Women's Journal, USA
DEEP SOUTH and Pegasus, as well as on-line at CaffeineSociety.com.
You can email Sylvia at sylviadavis@roadrunner.com.
who have had a near-death experience or an angel encounter. Thirty-nine
amazing stories of hope emerge from this spiritual anthology as writers tell
of traveling to the brink of death and back, or how angels came to their
rescue during an emergency. Appalachian Angels is published by Infinity
Publishing and can be purchased at most bookstores, or online at
www.buybooksontheweb.com and Amazon.com. Price: $12.95
Sylvia DeLee Davis, editor of Appalachian Angels, is a native of Carter
County who maintains homes in Richmond and Ashland, Kentucky. A
graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, she is a substitute teacher and
ESL tutor. She has one daughter and two grandchildren.
Sylvia has had works published in numerous anthologies and journals
including World Treasury of Great Poems, Colors of Thought, The other
Side of Midnight, Poetry as Prayer: Appalachian Women Speak,
Appalachian Connection, Kudzu, Appalachian Women's Journal, USA
DEEP SOUTH and Pegasus, as well as on-line at CaffeineSociety.com.
You can email Sylvia at sylviadavis@roadrunner.com.
Dr. Don Coonrod (Ret.) is a member of both
the Kentucky State and Ohio State Poetry
Societies. He is the father of three and a Professor of Medicine at the
University of Kentucky. Dr. Coorod and he and his wife (also a retired
physician) reside in Lexington, KY.
A published writer of over 100 scientific articles and over 100 poems,
Don graduated with a B.S. degree from Earlham College in Richmond,
Indiana and an M.D. from the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, Maryland. He has also published one
chapbook of poetry entitled, Breathing Cup, which came out in 2007
from Finishing Line Press in Georgetown, KY, and is currently working
on a second chapbook of poetry and a large book of family history,
which includes his father's ancestors who were among some of the
earliest immigrants into America, and his mother's parents who came
from Ireland during the famine. Be sure to experience Don's blog at
www.authorsden.com/jdonaldcoonrod.
the Kentucky State and Ohio State Poetry
Societies. He is the father of three and a Professor of Medicine at the
University of Kentucky. Dr. Coorod and he and his wife (also a retired
physician) reside in Lexington, KY.
A published writer of over 100 scientific articles and over 100 poems,
Don graduated with a B.S. degree from Earlham College in Richmond,
Indiana and an M.D. from the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, Maryland. He has also published one
chapbook of poetry entitled, Breathing Cup, which came out in 2007
from Finishing Line Press in Georgetown, KY, and is currently working
on a second chapbook of poetry and a large book of family history,
which includes his father's ancestors who were among some of the
earliest immigrants into America, and his mother's parents who came
from Ireland during the famine. Be sure to experience Don's blog at
www.authorsden.com/jdonaldcoonrod.
| Don Coonrod |
Spirits Walking
by Lori Goff
Lori Goff’s short stories weave family relationships in a special blend of love,
faith and the simple life dating back more than seventy-five years. The stories
convey the hardships in a rural area, the life lessons learned, and the closeness
people felt with nature in the hills and hollows of northeastern Kentucky.
In Spirits Walking, Lori Goff has created a sense of place that takes us to the hills
of Kentucky to discover the cultural heritage of a people. –Margo LaGattuta, poet
and essayist
Lori Goff beckons us in Spirits Walking inside the bittersweet, earthy culture of
the south exposing the dualities of mountain society. These short stories and
poems will leave the reader moved by a striking sense of life and loss. –
Katharine Beaman, author of The Translator
Available: www.amazon.com or bookstores
by Lori Goff
Lori Goff’s short stories weave family relationships in a special blend of love,
faith and the simple life dating back more than seventy-five years. The stories
convey the hardships in a rural area, the life lessons learned, and the closeness
people felt with nature in the hills and hollows of northeastern Kentucky.
In Spirits Walking, Lori Goff has created a sense of place that takes us to the hills
of Kentucky to discover the cultural heritage of a people. –Margo LaGattuta, poet
and essayist
Lori Goff beckons us in Spirits Walking inside the bittersweet, earthy culture of
the south exposing the dualities of mountain society. These short stories and
poems will leave the reader moved by a striking sense of life and loss. –
Katharine Beaman, author of The Translator
Available: www.amazon.com or bookstores
| Lori Goff |
Digging Bones - Finishing Line Press - 2010
A chapbook of Poetry, $12.00 (add .84 tax for KY residents)
From first-kiss Woody to husbands and lovers with their boxes of junk,
and finally down to her one true love, their hands linked in a well-worn hinge,
Barb McMakin excavates her life. "Would we miss them any less if our time
together had been perfect?" McMakin asks in this insightful collection. These
poems unearth the treasure and pain of the ordinary, the sudden and subtle
realizations of a woman who chooses to engage whole-heartedly with those
who people her world.
-Mary O'Dell, President, Green River Writers
Barb McMakin writes the everyday, but beneath each poem is a well placed
shadow. Her free verse echoes like rhyme. Come dig bones with this special
woman. It is a quest you won't forget.
-E. Gail Chandler
author of Where the Red Road Meets the Sky
Order online at:
http://www.finishinglinepress.com/NewReleasesandForthcomingTitles.htm
or at Finishing Line Press, P.O. Box 1626, Georgetown, KY 40324. Shipping is
$1.00 before July 10th. Pre-order purchases ship September 3, 2010.
A chapbook of Poetry, $12.00 (add .84 tax for KY residents)
From first-kiss Woody to husbands and lovers with their boxes of junk,
and finally down to her one true love, their hands linked in a well-worn hinge,
Barb McMakin excavates her life. "Would we miss them any less if our time
together had been perfect?" McMakin asks in this insightful collection. These
poems unearth the treasure and pain of the ordinary, the sudden and subtle
realizations of a woman who chooses to engage whole-heartedly with those
who people her world.
-Mary O'Dell, President, Green River Writers
Barb McMakin writes the everyday, but beneath each poem is a well placed
shadow. Her free verse echoes like rhyme. Come dig bones with this special
woman. It is a quest you won't forget.
-E. Gail Chandler
author of Where the Red Road Meets the Sky
Order online at:
http://www.finishinglinepress.com/NewReleasesandForthcomingTitles.htm
or at Finishing Line Press, P.O. Box 1626, Georgetown, KY 40324. Shipping is
$1.00 before July 10th. Pre-order purchases ship September 3, 2010.
| Barb McMakin |
