[New-Poetry] Books and readings and contest, Oh My!

[d.kellogg at neu.edu]

Dear New Poetry people, 

I used to post here pretty often but have been lurking for a while now 
since I moved to Boston.  Anyway, I'd like to announce some great stuff 
from Carolina Wren Press. 

Please distribute these assignments freely to other lists.  I will be 
grateful if someone can forward to Poetics, to which I no longer 
subscribe. 

Three New Poetry Titles: William Pitt Root, Linda Pennisi, Evie Shockley. 
 
Carolina Wren Press announces the publication of three new titles in our 
Poetry Series (formerly the Carolina Wren Press Chapbook Series)
 
#8 White Boots: New and Selected Poems of the West by William Pitt Root. 
Richard Jackson wrote: "For Root, the world is poem; for us, his is a 
world we need to enter." Paperback, perfectbound, 72pp. ISBN 
0-932112-51-X. $12.95. 
 
#9  Suddenly, Fruit by Linda Pennisi. Winner of the 2005 CWP Poetry 
contest. Contest judge William Pitt Root wrote: "This poet composes and 
performs with the luxurious patience only a marvelously ripened spirit can 
achieve." Paperback, perfectbound, 64pp. ISBN 0-932112-52-X, $12.95. 
 
#10 a half-red sea by Evie Shockley. Harryette Mullen wrote: "Navigating 
against prevailing currents, these poems sail on eddy and backflow, taking 
inspiration from knots and twists of American history and culture." 
Paperpack, perfectbound, 96 pp. with fold-out of "a thousand words." ISBN 
0-932112-53-6. $15.95. (Shockley will judge the 2007 CWP Poetry contest, 
deadline 12/1/06; full guidelines on our website.) 
 
All titles can be ordered through the CWP website: 
www.carolinawrenpress.org.  Or your bookstore can order through Baker & 
Taylor and most other distributors. If you must use Amazon, they are 
available that way too.
 
A reading for those in the neighborhoood 
Evie Shockley and Linda Pennisi will read from their new books of poetry 
at 8pm on Saturday, October 28th, 2006, in the Durham Arts Council's PSI 
Theater, 120 Morris Street, Durham, NC, 27701. This reading is free and 
will be followed by a reception and book-signing. Pennisi is the winner of 
the 2005 Carolina Wren Press Poetry Contest and Evie Shockley will judge 
this year's contest (i.e., 2007).  Sponsored by Carolina Wren Press and 
the Desert City Poetry Series. For more information, call 919-560-2738 or 
email carolinawrenpress at earthlink.net. 
 
Carolina Wren Press Poetry Series contest deadline 12/10/06
Carolina Wren Press is currently accepting submissions for its First Book 
poetry contest. Postmark Deadline: 12/1/06.  Prize: $1000 and publication; 
final judge: Evie Shockley. Send two (2) copies of entire 48- to 64-pp. 
ms., four (4) cover sheets with only ms. title on it, and $18 reading fee 
to Carolina Wren Press, Poetry Contest, 120 Morris Street, Durham NC, 
27701. Include letter with full contact information and acknowledgements 
of individual poems that have been published previously. Mss that have 
been published before (even self-published or elctronically published) in 
their entirety are not eligible. Results in July, 2007. For more 
information, check out www.carolinawrenpress.org or email 
carolinawrenpress at earthlink.net for full guidelines. 

Thanks.  You may now resume your normal activities. 

David Kellogg
Director, Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
Department of English
465 Holmes Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115
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