Rust Fish is a collection of poems which chronicles a speaker's coming-of-age in the rural Pacific Northwest. Through a childhood fraught with poverty but rich in experiences in the natural world, a young woman begins to understand her own identity. The conceit of the amorphous rust fish extends throughout the book in a series of five title poems.

Rust Fish: Poems

Literature & Fiction

Zeller, Maya Jewell

Poetry

Lost Horse Press

Poetry. Women's Studies. Ecopoetics. ALCHEMY FOR CELLS &amp; OTHER BEASTS charts a course into magical waters, anchoring itself in the frightening politicization of a woman's body. The chemistry of this conversation between Spokane Poet, Maya Jewell Zeller, and Seattle artist, Carrie DeBacker, includes pomegranates for human heads, bones that can walk, and a ship sprung from a person's back, "floating farther from shore." The speaker in these incantations, behind these urgent watercolors, muses on the philosophies of geologic time, climate change, human genomes, and existential destruction. This book sets out to discover meaning in this terrible, beautiful time—and suggests wonder is where we'll find it: "the diagnosis is strong / for the wild &amp; wind mills." We are proud to bring out this troubling work of eco-feminism in gorgeous full color. It may well be the most colorful poetry book you buy all year, but don't be fooled, it's an intense work of anxiety in an age of political and environmental upheaval. As per all of our books, it comes with an audio download of the poet reading many of the poems. This book is also the focus of Entre Ríos Books' first ERB Emerging Visions Filmmaker Award, which provides a stipend to a woman filmmaker in a Washington State High School or College program to work with our collaborators on the creation of a short film inspired by their work. The publisher's first award recipient is Rebecca Starkey of Central Washington University; her film will be posted on September 16, 2017. "In ALCHEMY FOR CELLS &amp; OTHER BEASTS, the world is turned inside out, its intricacies examined, like barnacles on a sea shell, in these fantastical, terrifying dealings with feminist anxieties. These surreal poems and artwork depict women under siege, under water, interpreting the myriad evolutions of mind and body...These poems are science and fairytale. They are heart flowers and 'heart poisons.'"—Jennifer Givhan

Alchemy for Cells & Other Beasts

Arts & Photography

Painting

Entre Rios Books

A text for practiced poets, this book offers a springboard beyond the basics into more daring poetic traditions, experimentation and methods. It lays out the myriad conversations influencing contemporary poetics, paying attention to its roots in historical and theoretical thinking. With a focus on innovation and breaking established boundaries, Advanced Poetry introduces you to the poetics shaping the contemporary literary moment, first guiding you through the contexts and principles of these forms using a range of practical examples, before prompting you to pick up the pen yourself. Spanning decades and continents, and covering the rich field of poets writing today, this book shows how to read, explicate, and write poetry and includes discussion of: - received traditions and innovative forms - confessional and epistolary poetry - aesthetic experimentation with voice - methods and theories developed by early Surrealists -deep image and the poetics of spells - ecopoetics & poetry of place - writing the body based on queer theory and disability studies - docupoetics and lyric research - racial imaginaries and poetics of liberation - digital poetics - writing in community with other poets and collaborative, interdisciplinary projects - revision processes and putting together a collection or chapbook -advice on writing artist statements and other professional materials Bringing together a comprehensive craft guide with a carefully collated anthology showcasing the (existing) limits of what is possible in poetry, this text explores how poetry since the 20th century has embraced traditional structures, borrowed from other disciplines, and invented wildly new forms. With close readings, writing prompts, excerpts of interviews from key figures in the field and a supplementary companion website, this is the definitive text for any poet looking to continue their poetic journey.

Advanced Poetry: A Writer's Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies)

Nuernberger, Kathryn

History & Criticism

Bloomsbury Academic

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