The Circumference of Arrival

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Meek, Sandra

Poetry

Elixir Press

Poetry. DISTANCE FROM BIRTH by Tracy Philpot is one of the winners of the Elixir Press Inaugural Poetry Awards. This is her second book of poetry. "Tracy Philpot's DISTANCE FROM BIRTH possesses an original fervor that arises from the injured earth out of the injured mouth. Here is a generous, whole-fleshed poetic idiom, stringent yet wild, blasted yet flexible enough to mark threat and scar as well as capture the sports of the heart"--Dean Young. Her work has appeared in such publications as New American Writing, Southern Poetry Review, and Fence. She lives in Seldovia, Alaska.

Distance from Birth

Philpot, Tracy

Poetry. CIRCASSIAN GIRL by Michele Mitchell-Foust is one of the winners of the Elixir Press Inaugural Poetry Awards. "This is a book abounding in evocation's (often subtle and indiscreet, yet always energetic), of museums, galleries, stages--all such bounded areas within which events are given leave to be. These poems are an exhilarating set of dynamism's"--Bin Ramke. Her poetry has appeared in such publications as Denver Quarterly, The Nation, and Colorado Review. She lives in California.

Circassian Girl

Mitchell-Foust, Michelle

Features poetry by Claudia Keelan, Ray Gonzalez, Tracy Philpot, Michelle Mitchell-Foust, Sarah Fox, Lisa Fishman, et al.

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GONZALEZ, RAY

Keelan, Claudia

Poetry. FLOW BLUE by Sarah Kennedy was one of the winners of the Elixir Press Second Annual Poetry Awards. David Wojohn had this to say about it: "Sarah Kennedy's FLOW BLUE reminds us of the urgency and necessity of the autobiographical lyric. Harrowing as the tale the book relates may be, FLOW BLUE is always informed by a fluent and lyric grace and a deft formal precision, and displays a confidence and maturity of voice." Her work has appeared in such publications as Crab Orchard Review, Poem, and Sycamore Review.

Flow Blue

Kennedy, Sarah

Poetry. MONSTER ZERO by Jay Snodgrass was one of the winners of the second annual Elixir Press Poetry Awards. Judge Tracy Philpot had this to say about it: "if you doubt the holy combination of Hollywood camp in absolutely credible lyricism, read these poems. In his wonderful first collection, Jay Snodgrass endows emptiness with a shape. This bold, confident, and original book is the poetic equivalent of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein." Jay Snodgrass was born in Florida, and grew up on Yokota air force base in Japan. He received his MFA from Florida international University in 2002. He lives with his wife and daughter in Florida.

Monster Zero

Snodgrass, Jay

Poetry. RUNNING THE VOODOO DOWN by Jim McGarrah is one of the winners of the Elixir Press Third Annual Poetry Awards. "...a book of intense, highly crafted, and haunting poems in the voice of a wild man shouting the unflinching truth about the congested speedway of contemporary living he is roaring through"--Jack Myers. His work has appeared in such publications as Connecticut Review, North American Review, and Southern Indiana Review.

Running the Voodoo Down

McGarrah, Jim

Poetry. ASSIGNATION AT VANISHING POINT by Jane Satterfield is one of the winners of the Elixir Press Third Annual Poetry Awards. This is her second book of poetry. "Jane Satterfield 's poems are fierce in their intelligence, capacious in their ardor, tuned to the mutable dictions and sedimented histories--the gorgeous, harrowing embeddedness of life on Earth. The vanishing point? Perspective requires it. This beautiful book redeems it"--Linda Gregerson. Her work has appeared in such publications as The Antioch Review, Indiana Review, and Quarterly West.

Assignation at Vanishing Point

Satterfield, Jane

Poetry. African American Studies. DRAG by Duriel E. Harris is a PoMoFunk symphony weaving the harmonics of language and culture into a transcendent whole. Forrest Hamer said: "We've been waiting for this book. DRAG is an exciting and significant debut collection from a gifted artist. Duriel E. Harris composes various and rich traditions of music, voice, and text, and Drag demonstrates ever new possibilities for this synthesis in poetry." Duriel E. Harris holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her writing has been published in ACM (Another Chicago Magazine), Fence, and the African-American Review. She has received grants from the Cave Canem Foundation and the Illinois Arts Council. WBEZ Chicago Public Radio heralded her as one of three Chicago poets for the 21st-century.

Drag

Harris, Duriel E.

Juju

Moffett, Judy

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