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Poetry Shop 5: Caitlin Conlon, Burning the Ghost Light

October 29, 2026|Katie Kemple

It's spooky week at The Poetry Shop! The perfect time to feature Caitlin Conlon's brilliant, Burning the Ghost Light (Central Avenue Poetry)—a monster-mash of genres, this poetry collection is organized...

Poetry Shop 5: James Crews, The Sacred Everyday: Poems of Peace & Stillness

October 22, 2026|Katie Kemple

James Crews releases his fourth book of poems, The Sacred Everyday: Poems of Peace & Stillness (Andrews McMeel Publishing), next week. True to the title, these poems open a window...

Poetry Shop 5: Kelly Grace Thomas, Future Tense

October 15, 2026|Katie Kemple

Kelly Grace Thomas released her much anticipated second poetry collection this week, Future Tense (Alice James Books), an elegantly crafted memoir-in-verse about the speaker's journey to motherhood as she's losing...

Poetry Shop 5: Melinda Clemmons, Closer

October 8, 2026|Katie Kemple

This week on The Poetry Shop 5, we welcome Melinda Clemmons, author of Closer, her debut poetry collection, released last month with Pine Row Press. You might be familiar with Clemmons’...

Poetry Shop 5: Isabelle Correa, Portrait of a Person Who Pushes Love Away in Fear of Losing It

September 23, 2026|Katie Kemple

Rarely do I open a book and feel the voice sweep me away as quickly as I did with Isabelle Correa's second collection, Portrait of a Person Who Pushes Love Away...