Hello everyone,
Here’s an interview that Annalisa Crawford did with me and which just came out today.
Stay tuned for A Brief Gazelle: Poems of Love and Grief, to be published soon by San Francisco Bay Press, and Woman in the Abbey, coming in 2025 from Vine Leaves Press.
Thank you,
Mike
My short story, “The Herds” (formerly titled The Herds Are Charging Through the Room) has just been republished in the latest edition of Gargoyle.
“The Herds” is originally from my short story collection, Letters from Inside (Vine Leaves Press, 2019) which can be purchased by clicking on the button below.
Hope you enjoy the story.
As many of you know, my recent poetry collection, Let’s Call It Paradise, won the International Book Award back in June. The award comes with a nice little emblem that is now on the front cover of the latest edition. However, I still have a stock of books that do not have the emblem.
Therefore, I am selling signed copies of the old edition of the book, without the emblem, for a total of $9 including shipping (domestic only).
If you are interested, click the link below to purchase via PayPal or credit card, or simply send me an email.
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And remember: books made great gifts.
Thanks, as always, for your support.
Mike
These two poems have just been published in the latest edition of #Ranger
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“Down by the Bonnie Banks” (a visual poem)
#Ranger Magazine is an incredible space of creativity. See for yourself.
Here is m latest book review on Washington Independent Review of Books on Pim Wangtechawat’s debut novel, The Moon Represents My Heart, soon to be a major Netflix series.
The results of the International Book Awards competition, sponsored by American Book Fest, are out, and Let’s Call It Paradise has won best book in the Contemporary Poetry category.
I am honored beyond words to be included among such winners as Pope Francis, Amy Tan, Anne Lamott, George Sanders, Julie Andrews, Clive Barker, Vanessa Williams and others.
For a full list of winners and finalists in all categories, click this link.
Let’s Call It Paradise took several years and a lot of research to write and was recognized as having merit by Robert Arthur who guided me as it came to fruition.. It is an accomplishment I am particularly proud of.
If you haven’t had a chance to read it, you can purchase it directly from San Francisco Bay Press, on Amazon or directly from me.
Thanks to all for your continued support.
Here’s my review of Karl Geary’s Juno Loves Legs, a novel I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend.
During the last month, two reviews o Let’s Call It Paradise have appeared.
The first, a very thorough look at the book by Charles Rammelkamp, appeared in North of Oxford.
The second, a review by Gregory Luce in DCTrending, sits alongside reviews of Sarah DeCorla-Souza’s Ordinary Time and CD Bledsoe’s Having a Baby to Save a Marriage.
Let’s Call It Paradise is available on Amazon, through San Francisco Bay Press or, for a signed copy, directly through me by clicking on the Add to Cart link below
Hello all:
Derek Kannemeyer, this year’s judge, has chosen Cheryl T. Cooley, as our winner in this year’s 30 for 30 for her poem “Nina Simone’s Three-Room Childhood Clapboard House.” Congratulations Cherryl! Cherryl will received a one-year subscription to Potomac Review, our sponsor.
In second place: Katherine Gotthardt for her poem “Expedition.”
And in third place: Sally Toner for her poem “To Ezra Pound.”
Congratulations to all three.
Derek had an especially hard time choosing a winner this year due to all the exceptional poems that came our way.. Here are his comments:
“How did I select my winners? I shortlisted half the submitted poems, and I changed my mind often! I wanted lively work that affected me, and I wanted imagism. Imagist poetry, says poets.org, is free verse committed to “clarity of expression through the use of precise visual images.” Mike Maggio requested pieces expressed “solely through the use of images,” with “no abstractions.” While visual pictures can be painted with literal description alone, “image” also suggests metaphor and simile, so I did hope for some figurative precision. Thanks to all of you who contributed and who made me labor over the choosing!”
Thanks Derek and thanks to all who participated and shared their work.
Until next year….
Mike
