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Animal by Patricia Grisafi

Animal explores the depths of self-reflection through a coalescence of opposing forces, a confessional display of raw tenderness that blooms through a violent wilderness. These poems are open wounds that unveil memories & their ghosts, offering gifts of hard won wisdom and visceral clarity to carry into the present. In this debut collection, Grisafi unveils beauty found in the darkest niches of the self & reveals a reclamation of the animal that howls within us.

“This is where the skin hisses,

Song on the underbelly of an arm.

A fine fruit blooms slowly, carved

For lack of a lovelier surface

Here where everything stirs.”

The Autobiography of Nancy Drew by RJ Ingram

A Collection of Thirst Traps, Sonnets, & Other Forms “The Autobiography of Nancy Drew” offers an unexpected and unique perspective on the profound impact of pop culture icons. Within these pages, are a celebration of both strong fictional divas and real-life rock stars. Each poem serves as a self-portrait, capturing the essence of iconography through physical and corporeal manifestations. Stark contrasts emerge, juxtaposing the present with a deeper sense of presence. As you journey through these verses, you’ll encounter a blend of melancholy, mystery, and sensuality—a tantalizing exploration of Nancy Drew’s ilk.

“How simply words fall onto another & kiss

Each other w/ the smallest slip of space”

The Sham Tapestry & compunctions + thefts (2 books) by Adam Stutz

Compunctions + Thefts & The Sham Tapestry form a meticulously crafted synergetic treatise navigating the voids of our hyper-connected world. Stutz leads us into the crumbling ruins of our collective consciousness. Here we must follow closely or become lost in a sprawling meretricious metropolis where the towers of our past cast long shadows and every thought echoes with piercing reverberation, amplifying the enthralling voices of our anxiety, regret, & complacency. Here we confront the existential threats of self-reproach & internalized externality.

“Here, I am

the apparition of flight—

an unwritten

sketch—

unnoteworthy.

Seriously.”

Rappaccini’s Garden: Poisonous Poetry by Jules Jacob & Sonja Johanson

Rappaccini’s Garden is a compendium of poisonous poetry with meticulously cultivated poems stemming from a variety of unique poisonous plants. As poets, horticulturalists, & Master Gardeners, Jules Jacob & Sonja Johanson share a deep reverence & knowledge of the toxic flora featured in these pages.

The poems in this collection are accompanied by vibrant illustrations, illuminating the juxtaposition of the danger & beauty of each pernicious specimen. Enter through the once grand gate that nature long ago claimed & step into Rappaccini’s Garden, here a mysterious yet familiar path has been crafted, drawing you in with the dangerous allure & fatal charms of this verdant realm. Open your senses & take in the elegant intoxications of sight & scent, listen to the wisdoms whispered, yet pay heed & do not touch, nor eat of this perilous garden, lest you become firmly rooted in this soil.

“quiet our racing heart and trembling limbs”

MOTHERDEVIL by Kailey Tedesco

On a darkmoon night, deep in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey a woman screams out piercing the eerie silence, “let this one be a devil!”

Enter, Motherdevil by Kailey Tedesco, a spellbinding collection of poetry that reimagines the legend of the New Jersey Devil through the eyes of Mother Leeds. In these hauntingly visceral poems, Tedesco draws out the spirit of Mother Leeds & intimately infuses it with her own truths & experiences with mental health, post-partum depression, & the often-overlooked struggles of motherhood, making this an enduring collection of myth, magic, & powerful storytelling.

"i’m cursed to be the old woman

who lives in a shoe              sans bread-crust           

the leaves once warned       a child may still

a doll has no breath             to stop breathing"

awry by Chris McCreary

Emerging from a post-pandemic netherworld, the poems in awry flit like half-remembered dreams streaming through our liminal devices. Listing between rupture & reconfiguration, these verses spin the threads of a web stitching diverse registers & reference points. Tarot cards & twenty-sided dice chart a course for a disoriented, Orphean talk show host. Staggering forth from his darkened soundstage, he searches for the perfect alchemical polymer of pop songs & corporate jargon to imbue midlife’s perilous journey with a synthesis of mythic significance.

“solace our carnage”

FROM WHITE STAG PUBLISHING’S 2024 CATALOG