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Shattered Echoes

by Ryan Prado

Concerned with abuse and healing, the revealing poetry collection "Shattered Echoes" catalogs personal psychological scars in a visceral, pleading manner. The specters of past traumas are filtered through the hindsight of recovery in... Read More

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Seven and Deadly

by Michele Sharpe

The experiences of professional women and women of color are highlighted in this searing kaleidoscopic poetry collection. Its sections inspired by the seven deadly sins, M. A. Molani’s striking poetry collection "Seven and Deadly"... Read More

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Aspiring Child

by Katelynn Watkins

An extended love letter to Mary Shelley, the poems and prose in "Aspiring Child" describe her complex life in depth, heartbreak by heartbreak. The visceral poems collected in Ted Morrisey’s "Aspiring Child" are framed as personal... Read More

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Footeprint

by Lynne Jensen Lampe

Lindsay H. Metcalf’s enthralling biographical novel-in-verse highlights the scientist’s contributions and challenges as an inventor, wife, and mother in the 1800s. "Footeprint" begins with baby Eunice “kicking the glass ceiling /... Read More

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Planting Sunshine

by Brooke Shannon

In Andrée Poulin’s haunting, empathetic novel-in-verse "Planting Sunshine", a boy tries to understand war from the safety of his home. Theo’s story opens on an ordinary afternoon, when he’s playing basketball with his father. But... Read More

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