A Thousand Voices, some inspired by Lorain County
Despite never feeling I have enough time to read, I'm always in the middle of several books at once. One of these that stands out at present is Christina Brooks' recently published A Thousand Voices: a city shaman's notebook, which I gratefully received as a Christmas present before I had an opportunity to procure a copy from the author or publisher in person. Sure, I've known Christina for over four years and she's done so much for the poetry community in general and Crisis Chronicles in particular. Sure, it's great to see kind words about me in the dedication. Sure, her chapbook features stunning cover art by Steven B. Smith (you know I love his work because I've used it for the covers of five Crisis Chronicles Press titles). And sure, A Thousand Voices includes a whopping 50-or so poems, including several inspired by my Lorain County and even a poem of Christina's that I published last year in the Crisis Chronicles anti-censorship anthology Fuck Poetry. But there are more reasons than these for me (and you) to want to read this collection of poetry. Visit The Poet's Haven, procure a copy and find out for yourself.
Posted by Jesus Crisis at 1/12/2012 7:38 AM 
Categories: Poetry by Others
Tags: Christina Brooks Poets Haven Steven B. Smith Steven B Smith Fuck Poetry Crisis Chronicles Press
Categories: Poetry by Others
Tags: Christina Brooks Poets Haven Steven B. Smith Steven B Smith Fuck Poetry Crisis Chronicles Press
You're a good man promoting other folk's books and poetry and art.
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You're too kind, but thank you. I want to start doing more promoting of worthy others on my blog - maybe showcase one chapbook a week and call the series something like Small Press Sundays.
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Sometimes I feel like saying to Facebook, "will the real John Burroughs please stand up?"
Crisis Chronicles isn't only social networking but rather a work of art and thought and scholarship. It is where I find the best blogs, comments and literary works plus the fact that it is more about you than Facebook will ever be. I find too many on Facebook air heads who are of little interest to know. And there are too many to keep track of or even care about. Yes, I agree with smith that you are a good man to promote books, poetry and art here and it is a strong website to visit.
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I heartily agree!
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Hi
First time here. I'm looking for Lorain County poetry groups, activities. Maybe I just missed finding them. Please advise. Thanks
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Hi, Tonia! I'm John from Poets of Lorain County. Welcome! We've taken a little bit of a vacation for January and February, (though some of us have been doing events individually in Lakewood, Sandusky, Cleveland Heights, and out of state). There will, however, be some very cool poetry events happening in Lorain County soon. For regular updates, please "like" Poets of Lorain County on Facebook and follow @elyriapoetry on Twitter. Thank you!
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Thank you John.. I appreciate you taking the effort to say something kind and help promote my first book.
You and I have been on the outs for sometime so I did not expect you to take note of it. But I appreciate you saying something here very much... thank you. I'm sorry I've not been on-line enough until the last few days to take note of it. But again thank you.
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You're welcome, Chris. I thought I told you I was gonna post something as soon as I finished reading it. Maybe I'm mistaken.
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I've not been in my e-mail for at least three weeks( until just a few days ago) and still have not gone through most of it. perhaps you did and I am just unaware.
I only hope reading it didn't put you to sleep... lol
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