Monday, January 16, 2012

Frostic Reading, Thursday February 2nd


January 2012
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was established in 1996 by poet Herbert S. Scott.

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Congratulations,
Khaled Mattawa!
Tocqueville
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winner of

The Poetry Center
Book Award

The Arab American Book Award

Academy of American Poets
Fellowship
 

Spring 2012

the body | of space| in the shape of the human
by
Andrew Allport

The Radio Tree
by
Corey Marks

Two-Headed Nightingale
by
Shara Lessley


Fall 2012

The Right Place to Jump
by
Peter Covino

The Frame Called Ruin
by
Hadara Bar-Nadav

A Penance
by
CJ Evans



We would be honored if you would join us for the Gwen Frostic Reading Series. The first reading of the series features novelist Kevin Fenton and poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths. It will be held Thursday, February 2nd at 8:00 p.m. in WMU's Bernhard Center, rooms 157 & 159.

This reading series usually draws a large crowd, so we encourage you to arrive early. The reading is free, and last approximately 45 minutes. Books will be available to purchase, and the authors will be happy to sign their works.

 
Hope you can join us!
 
Merit Badges
Kevin Fenton's first novel, Merit Badges (New Issues), won the AWP Prize for the Novel. Publishers Weekly writes,  "An impressive vitality, droll wit, and affecting nostalgia lift Fenton's first novel." His fiction has appeared in the Northwest Review, the Laurel Review, and the Emprise Review. His writing on graphic design has been anthologized in Looking Closer 2 and Emigre No. 70: The Look Back Issue. He holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School. He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota and works as an advertising writer and creative director.  

Rachel Eliza Griffiths is the author of Mule & Pear (New Issues), Miracle Arrhythmia (Willow Books) and The Requited Distance (Sheep Meadow Press). 

Reviewer Roxane Gay (The Rumpus) writes, "Griffiths tackled sex(uality), slavery, the strength of women, the mark of history, and the power of language, in fierce poems that were so memorable I return to them over and over."

A Cave Canem Fellow, she is the recipient of fellowships from Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Vermont Studio Center, New York State Summer Writers Institute, the Cave Canem Foundation and others. A photographer and painter, her visual work has been published widely in both national and international magazines and journals. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York.

February Art Hop at Fire, featuring
Rachel Eliza Griffiths 
Mule & Pear
Mule & Pear
 
Griffiths will also read her poetry on Friday, February 3rd at Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative, 1249 Portage Rd., where her artwork will be on display as part of Kalamazoo's February Art Hop.
   
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

2012 Green Rose Prize

January 2012

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Spring 2012

the body | of space| in the shape of the human
by
Andrew Allport

The Radio Tree
by
Corey Marks

Two-Headed Nightingale
by
Shara Lessley



Fall 2012
 
The Right Place to Jump
by
Peter Covino

The Frame Called Ruin
by
Hadara Bar-Nadav

A Penance
by
CJ Evans


Dear Friends,  
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2012 Green Rose Prize: Jaswinder Bolina for his manuscript Phantom Camera.  Bolina wins a $2,000 award and publication of his manuscript in the spring of 2013.  
Jaswinder Bolina
Jaswinder Bolina
 
Jaswinder Bolina is the author of Carrier Wave, winner of the 2006 Colorado Prize for Poetry. His recent work has appeared in Black Warrior Review, Columbia Poetry Review, the Offending Adam, and in the Best American Poetry 2011. He currently lives and teaches in Athens, Ohio, as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of English at Ohio University.
  

Also accepted for publication:
Slip by Cullen Bailey Burns
to appear in the fall of 2013
  
The Green Rose Prize is awarded to an author who has previously published at least one full-length book of poems. Winners are chosen by the editors of New Issues Press. Guidelines are available on our website.
   
Green Rose Prize in Poetry
  
2011: Corey Marks
The Radio Tree
  
2010: Seth Abramson
Northerners
  
2009: Malinda Markham
Having Cut the Sparrow's Heart
  
2008: Patty Seyburn
Hilarity
  
2007: Jon Pineda
The Translator's Diary
  
2006: Noah Eli Gordon
A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
  
2005: Joan Houlihan
The Mending Worm
  
2004: Hugh Seidman
Somebody Stand Up and Sing
  
2003: Christine Hume
Alaskaphrenia
Gretchen Mattox
Buddha Box
  
2002: Christopher Bursk
Ovid at Fifteen
  
2001: Ruth Ellen Kocher
When the Moon Knows You're Wandering
  
2000: Martha Rhodes
Perfect Disappearance
 



Now available to order: 
Flea Circus: a brief bestiary of grief
Flea Circus
"Keifetz's (Flea Circus) simply dazzles. The novel takes the reader to the dark place where reason and love collide and collapse under the oppressive weight of loss. A tour de force."  
--Kirkus Reviews, November 11, 2011

"VERDICT The experience of Keifetz's second novel (after Corrido) is less like reading a book than having a frighteningly intimate conversation over coffee. A must for fans of literary fiction."
--Library Journal, November 15, 2011     

Our titles are available online through Amazon.com and spdbooks.org.