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Wendy Wisner is the author of three books of poems, most recently The New Life, published by Cornerstone Press (University of Wisconsin Stevens-Point) and named a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year. Wendy’s poems, essays, and book reviews have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Spoon River Review, Passages North, THRUSH, Verse Daily, The Washington Post, Lilith Magazine, and elsewhere. Wendy is currently an Associate Editor at Rise Up Review.

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	Fire On Her Tongue: an eBook Anthology of Contemporary Women's Poetry by Kelli Russell Agodon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Annette Spaulding-Convy (Editor), Ivy Alvarez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.43 avg rating — 63 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Morph and Bloom 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epicenter 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Life: Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Place of Rocking it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tishman Review: July 2016 by Lisa Mecham, Richard Jones, Wendy Wisner (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Wendy Wisner rated a book it was amazing Vespers (Kuhl House Poets) by Jane Lewty	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I loved the structure of this book, where Lewty uses forms of prayer (like Vespers) as containers for her experimental and deeply interior poems. I also loved how she included the poet's mind at work, thinking through this structure, giving herself p ...more
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Wendy Wisner rated a book it was amazing Mock Heart: New & Selected Poems by Jill Bialosky	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I have been a fan of Jill Bialosky's poems for years, and to see selections from all her collections together like this was wonderful. She is a poet who writes about ordinary life, family, loss/trauma. Her poems are beautiful and accessible. I loved ...more
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Wendy Wisner rated a book it was amazing The Blue Eye of Earth: Poems (Pitt Poetry Series) by Beckian Fritz Goldberg	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was the first book of Beckian Fritz Goldberg I've read, and I was completely blown away. These rich, dense, fearless poems take the reader on a journey through time, the body, earth/space, and memory. The poems are wholly original and completely ...more
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