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(W)HOL(L)Y ISLAND!!! HOLY EYE LAND! Wholly, I Land!!

I'm so excited to report that my second full-length collection of poems (W)HOL(L)Y ISLAND (yes, it's had many titles, bear with me) is to be published by Gold Wake Press in 2014!

Gold Wake produces beautiful books and I'm so happy to be in such fine company, namely the lovely Hannah Stephenson's! Check out their books here: http://goldwakepress.com/

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	Ghost of Fashion it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009	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
	Holy Island 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	City of Toys: Essays (21st Century Essays) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 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
	Fairy Tale Review, The White Issue by Kate Bernheimer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Julie Marie Wade (Contributor), Jack D. Zipes (Contributor) 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 3 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
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	I Dreamed Last Night I Got on a Boat to Heaven and by Some Chance I Had Brought My Dice Along: Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006	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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“Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them—if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.”
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