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I admire these poems for their willingness to encounter; to give us the saw-toothed shark, the microbe, the manatee, and, of course, the moon. Here is a poet who holds, so dearly, all that slips away...

Part of the bilingual Alta California Chapbook Series. "This lyrical and well-crafted chapbook has the breadth and substance of a full-length collection. Focusing on the said and unsaid, in an...

David Allen Case was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He earned a Bachelor's from the University of Alabama and a Ph. D. in English from UCLA. He died unexpectedly at age 49. His first collection poems,...

I love the title of this book...and I love the innovative mischief of its poems. Let it be known: a true poetic intelligence and imagination lives between its covers. Thomas Lux, author of To the...

The poet writes, "The Monday when Daylight Savings, 2021, kicked in, I was left in the dark. The morning light appeared in our eastern window, then was gone by the time I finished washing the...

Drinking with O'HaraAuthor: Glenn FreemanPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: Mar 01, 2020Number of Pages: 84 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0998645850ISBN-13: 9780998645858

Frangible Operas : PoemsAuthor: Susan Kelly-DeWittPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: Jun 01, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1957062150ISBN-13:...

Gatherer'S AlphabetAuthor: Susan Kelly-DewittPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: Feb 01, 2022Number of Pages: 116 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1957062002ISBN-13:...

In his most personal collection of poems to date, California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick writes with openness about his adoption from Korea in more than 25 new memoir-like prose poems. This expansive...

In the Cathedral of My Undoing : PoemsAuthor: Kellam AyresPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: Feb 05, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Like All LightAuthor: Todd CopelandPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 2022Number of Pages: 86 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0998645893ISBN-13: 9780998645896

Poems by Peg QuinnAuthor: Peg QuinnPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: January 04, 2021Number of Pages: 84 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0998645869ISBN-13: 9780998645865

Our MusicAuthor: Dennis SchmitzPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: Sep 22, 2022Number of Pages: 78 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1957062037ISBN-13: 9781957062037

Original poems by Aaron BakerAuthor: Aaron BakerPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: Mar 18, 2018Number of Pages: 72 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: Paperback/PoetryISBN-10: 0998645834ISBN-13:...

Original poems by Catherine Abbey HodgesAuthor: Catherine Abbey HodgesPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: Jul 28, 2017Number of Pages: 82 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Joshua MicKinney, winner of the first John Ridland Poetry Prize, is the author of four previous poetry collections: Small Sillion (Parlor Press, 2019), Mad Cursive (Wordcraft of Oregon, 2012), The...

Speech CrushAuthor: Sandra McphersonPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: Oct 02, 2022Number of Pages: 120 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1957062045ISBN-13: 9781957062044

Published as part of the bilingual Alta California Chapbook Series. "The flowing, associative poems of The First Amelia sing with confidence and travel through the veins of memory, family, and the...

The Ghosts of Small Animals by Michelle Bonczek Evory was selected as winner of the 2018 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize. The Ghosts of Small Animals by Michelle Bonczek Evory was selected as winner of the...

The poems in this book reframe the daily and habitual to reveal the strange, rich interiors of ordinary moments: sitting in a traffic jam, tilted back in a dentist's chair, thinking of an old joke...

Compiled in celebration of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art's 75th anniversary, this collection features work by 40 poets living in Santa Barbara and adjacent counties inspired by art in the museum's...

Poems by Nan CohenAuthor: Nan CohenPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: Mar 08, 2017Number of Pages: 64 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: Paperback/PoetryISBN-10: 099864580XISBN-13: 9780998645803

Celebrating the first 10 years of Santa Barbara's Poet Laureate program, this book collects poems by Barry Spacks, Perie Longo, David Starkey, Paul J. Willis, Chryss Yost, and Sojourner Kincaid Rolle...

While You WaitAuthor: Laure-Anne BosselaarPublisher: Gunpowder PressPublication Date: Apr 01, 2021Number of Pages: 222 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0998645885ISBN-13: 9780998645889