Darren C. Demaree's NOT FOR ART NOR PRAYER moves deftly through coming-of-age, marriage, and young fatherhood in poems of praise and devotion. There is a poem for the server at a hometown dive, a poem for the teething child, and a series of love poems that is at once refreshingly playful and deeply felt. Then again, these are all love poems: poems that love by giving attention, by being sensitive and generous to their subjects.
In his "Adorations" — numbered poems addressed by…
Read more … Corner Club Quarterly features "Not for Art nor Prayer"
Read Claudia Serea's "In the Old Woman's Dream", a prose poem at Uut Poetry!
Darren C. Demaree's NOT FOR ART NOR PRAYER moves deftly through coming-of-age, marriage, and young fatherhood in poems of praise and devotion. There is a poem for the server at a hometown dive, a poem for the teething child, and a series of love poems that is at once refreshingly playful and deeply felt. Then again, these are all love poems: poems that love by giving attention, by being sensitive and generous to their subjects.
In his "Adorations" — numbered poems addressed by…
Read more … Indiana Voice Journal review of "Not for Art nor Prayer"
Darren C. Demaree's NOT FOR ART NOR PRAYER moves deftly through coming-of-age, marriage, and young fatherhood in poems of praise and devotion. There is a poem for the server at a hometown dive, a poem for the teething child, and a series of love poems that is at once refreshingly playful and deeply felt. Then again, these are all love poems: poems that love by giving attention, by being sensitive and generous to their subjects.
In his "Adorations" — numbered poems addressed by…
Read more … The Unbroken Journal reviews "Not for Art nor Prayer"
| ENSEMBLE by Thomas Phillips 4.7 x 7.5 | 148 pages | ISBN 978-1-926716-29-9 (pbk.) | $15.88 |
NOT FOR ART NOR PRAYER by Darren C. Demaree 5. 5 x 8.5 | 90 pages | ISBN 978-1-926716-35-0 (pbk.) | $15.88 |
THE MATCHSTICK GIRL by Suzanne Hocking 5 x 8 | 238 pages | ISBN 978-1-926716-34-3 (pbk.) | $15.88 |
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Set in Montreal, Ensemble takes us through the throes of existential crises as lives and marriages are overturned by a man’s restless yearning. A philosopher is suddenly forced to face the questions he lectures on when they materialize out of the theoretical and into the practical after he falls for a student in his class. Meanwhile his wife, an accomplished musician is left to deal with the disintegration of their marriage and the new silence that descends upon her life as she dissects her husband’s inner workings and confronts the object of his desire. Told in clinical honesty, Ensemble deconstructs love and relationships in the 21st century. |
PRAISE FOR “NOT FOR ART NOR PRAYER” “...artful and prayerful... ...these generously attentive and marvelously whimsical poems repeatedly resist sleight-of-hand poetic transubstantiation, while slyly acknowledging the inevitably transformative nature of language.” “...moves deftly through coming-of-age, marriage, and young fatherhood...” “...a crash course in badass alchemy, in concision and razor wire... ...these poems roar through their quiet deftness on the page. Congratulations for picking up this book, you’re in for quite a ride.” |
YELENA walks the line between cold and poverty. Then for a brief moment fortune shines on her and Yelena catches a glimpse of hopes and unknown joys that she never imagined could have been within her reach. But as soon as it appears, it is taken from her. Obsession takes hold, and as the years pass, she grows to want far more than what the life of a young girl of the streets can offer. Through luck and deceit, she lands a place at the esteemed Smolny Institute for Noble Girls where the young women of the Russian court are taught mathematics, literature and science and where Yelena hopes to light a fire under Russian society. THE MATCHSTICK GIRL brings LGBT undercurrents to nineteenth-century Russia, as our young protagonist struggles with class differences, schoolgirl relationships and her search for self-empowerment. |
TORONTO, ON / REGINA, SK – Canadian writer and cartoonist Rolli is partnering with The Walrus for an ambitious creative venture. Over the next twelve months, Rolli will write a weekly short story—and draw a weekly cartoon—for the web version of The Walrus, one of Canada’s most revered magazines.
“When I was approached by The Walrus to do a regular creative column, I was jazzed. It’s going to take every litre of my creativity (and coffee) but it’s a workout and a challenge I’m looking forward to. An artist isn’t given carte blanche very often. I’m grateful for the opportunity.” - Rolli
The prolific Regina writer’s most recent story collection, I Am Currently Working on a Novel, was longlisted for the 2015 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award and shortlisted for the High Plains Book Award. His short fiction has appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and Geist and has received numerous honours. Rolli is the recipient of the 2007 John Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award and was one of two Canadian winners of the 2008/2009 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
Though a “writer first and cartoonist second,” Rolli’s cartoons have appeared in many of the world’s top outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest and The Harvard Business Review.
Rolli's first story for The Walrus, "The Dream Museum" is now online:http://thewalrus.ca/the-dream-museum/
More information about Rolli can be found at rollistuff.com. Visit The Walrus at thewalrus.ca.
ROLLI
To Russia with Love Project goes to New York! Damian Siqueiros will be presenting his To Russia with Love project at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division
Friday October 2nd from 7 to 9 pm
Book launch with writer Ivan Savvine and a recital with soprano Tatiana Poletskaya.
Please invite and share.
Follow Claudia Serea on her reading tour this fall.
SAVE THE DATES:
-September 26, Sidewalk Cafe, NY--100,000 Poets for Change
-October 7, Williams Center, Rutherford, NJ--RWB#8 launch
-October 9, Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn--with Martin Woodside
-October 30, Gainville Cafe, Rutherford, NJ--book launch
-November 10, KGB Bar, NY-"Poetry of Witness" movie screening
-November 29, Great Weather for Media series, Parkside Lounge, NY
A new video courtesy of Guillermo Castellanos gives us a 'behind the scenes' look at the artwork behind the "To Russia with Love" project. Watch it here.
Stay tuned for Damian Siqueiros's To Russia With Love Project 2015 with events coming in Toronto, Montreal and New York City.
Program To Russia with Love Project 2015 so far:
TORONTO
Book Launch: Glad Day Bookshop June 19th from 4 to 6 pm (followed by a visit to the Akasha Art Projects exhibit.)
Nuit Rose Solo exhibit: Akasha Art Projects June 20th from 7 pm to 3 am.
MONTREAL
Expo Galerie D & Pop Up Art Montreal July 3 to 5. Official vernissage July 4th, 5 pM to 10 PM..
With a guest appearance by Russian journalist, writer activist, Ivan Savvine.
Find out more about the book:
"To Russia with Love" by Damian Siqueiros now available! Get your copy here.
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