Donna Vorreyer, a poet whose work I greatly admire, took the time to read and write a review of my new poetry chapbook, A Door with a Voice. You can read the review now at Queen Mob’s Tea House, and you can read the poetry collection itself here: A Door with a Voice.
Tasty Other!
I’m so excited to share that my new book, Tasty Other, forthcoming in November as the winner of the Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award, now has a cover!
Tasty Other also has a pre-order page, so if you’d like to purchase copies at almost half price, go for it!
A Door with a Voice: Poems, Review, & Interview
The past two weeks have been some of the worst of my life. My mother-in-law was killed in a car crash that put my father-in-law in the ICU, and now it looks like he won’t make it either. We are so heartbroken.
I’m thankful right now for any happy news that I can get, and I have three pieces of good poetry news today.
- Five poems from A Door with a Voice were published in Eunoia Review.
- Erika Dreifus posted a review of A Door with a Voice.
- Nancy Chen Long posted an interview with me about A Door with a Voice.
And if you’re interested, you can read the poetry collection itself: A Door with a Voice.
A Door with a Voice: Micro-Review!
Thanks to Karissa Knox Sorrell for this micro-review and recommendation of A Door with a Voice!
“A Door With a Voice by Katie Manning is an exceptional collection of poems whose words come from chapters in the Bible. Manning’s idea was to take the final chapter of different books of the Bible and use them as word banks to create poems. I love how Manning deconstructs the language and reconstructs it to create her own powerful narratives.”
And how wonderful to have my work recommended alongside Maggie Smith-Beehler and Sandy Marchetti!
A DOOR WITH A VOICE
My new chapbook is here! A Door with a Voice was published by Agape Editions today and is available as a free download!
Poetry Has Value: May
Here is my May post, in which it’s my birthday, and I can shout about reading fees if I want to!
(♪♫ Shout if I want to, shout if I want to! ♪♫)
With Carolyne Wright at PCA/ACA in Seattle
The Gospel of the Bleeding Woman Turns 3
With everything else going on, I almost missed wishing a happy 3 years to my first chapbook, The Gospel of the Bleeding Woman! It has a beautiful cover, but I especially love seeing adorned with a barcode and Dewey decimal number. Library books are cool.
If you want to celebrate with me, you could ask your local library to order a copy. Or you could send me a message and buy a signed copy for yourself or someone else (KatMann @ gmail.com). Bonus points if you do all of the above and send me pictures of you with the book. 😉
5 Poems in Quail Bell Magazine
Quail Bell Magazine published 5 poems from my Bible word banking project today. Thanks, Quail Bell editors!
The first two poems are part of my forthcoming chapbook from Agape Editions, A Door with a Voice, due out this summer!
The Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award
The Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award announcement is up on the MSR website now, so this must be real. I’m still so shocked and honored by this.
“The Book of Men” in The Chaotic Review
One of the poems from my Bible word banking project was published today in The Chaotic Review! I’m a big fan of this new journal that pays and publishes a new piece daily.
“The Book of Men” will be in my forthcoming chapbook from Agape Editions too!