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Jéanpaul Ferro

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An 10-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Jéanpaul Ferro’s work has appeared on National Public Radio, Contemporary American Voices, Columbia Review, Emerson Review, Connecticut Review, Portland Monthly, Arts & Understanding Magazine, The Providence Journal, Saltsburg Review, Hawaii Review, and others. He is the author of All The Good Promises (Plowman Press, 1994), Becoming X (BlazeVox Books, 2008), You Know Too Much About Flying Saucers (Thumbscrew Press, 2009), Hemispheres (Maverick Duck Press, 2009) Essendo Morti – Being Dead (Goldfish Press, 2009), nominated for the 2010 Griffin Prize in Poetry; and Jazz (Honest Publishing, 2011), nominated for both the 2012 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize and the 2012 Griffin Prize in Poetry. He was born and rai ...more

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Torchlight Parade: official novel video trailer by Jeanpaul Ferro

Torchlight Parade by Jéanpaul Ferro

I would like to introduce the official Novel Video Trailer for my epic WWII novel TORCHLIGHT PARADE: https://youtu.be/e09UlHcXjYw?si=cqS8T...

The video "sneak preview" is beautifully scored by artist LesFM and gives a video preview (similar to a movie trailer) of the narrative of a young Italian-American, Octavio Poliziano, sent back to Italy to care for his ailin Read more of this blog post »

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The Devil and the Blacksmith: A New England Folktale, Beautifully Illustrated

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Jéanpaul said: " Outstanding 2nd novel from Jesmyn Ward. One part John Steinbeck, some part Toni Morrison, "Salvage the Bones," is a poetic novel full of heartbreaking plot twists and breathtaking prose. “Salvage the Bones” explores family dysfunction and the nature ...more "

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