>Poetry Month

>It’s April. And April means Poetry. Whether we have Eliot to thank for this or Chaucer, I don’t know, but in honor of Poetry Month I thought I would draw readers’ attention not so much to individual poets–although I’ll probably do that, too–but to poetry presses.

To start things off, check out Milkweed Editions, because they send me eVerse every week and it happened to arrive this morning when I was thinking about doing a poetry post. Milkweed is also known for great fiction, but in poetry they publish such greats as Patiann Rogers, Alex Lemon, and Katrina Vandenberg. Definitely a press worth checking out.

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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