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Ron Mohring

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in Cincinnati, Ohio

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http://sevenkitchenspress.com

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Poetry, Gay & Lesbian

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Ron Mohring is the author of Relative Hearts (Lily Poetry Review, 2023) and The Boy Who Reads in the Trees (The Word Works, 2024).

His previous poetry collections are Survivable World, winner of the 2003 Washington Prize, and four prizewinning chapbooks: Amateur Grief, The David Museum, Beneficence, and Touch Me Not. Mohring lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his husband.

In 2007 he founded Seven Kitchens Press, which has published over 200 contemporary poetry chapbooks in hand-tied editions.

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	Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania (Keystone Books) by Marjorie Maddox (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jerry Wemple (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gabriel Welsch (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2005	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
	Survivable World 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Hibernation and Other Poems by Bear Bards by Ron J. Suresha (Editor), David Bergman (Contributor), Albert Skip Brushaber (Contributor) 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Amateur Grief 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998	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 David Museum 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2002	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
	Relative Hearts by Ron Mohring (Goodreads Author), Eileen Cleary (editor), Martha Mccollough (designer) 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
	Beneficence it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Boy Who Reads in the Trees it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	West Branch Spring/Summer 2005 Number 56 Poetry Issue by James Harms, Karen Kovacik, John Gery it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	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
	Two Rivers Review Poetry Chapbook Series: Touch Me Not (poems by Ron Mohring), Never Closer (poems by Michael McFee), Life as Weather (poems by Lynne Knight) (Two Rivers Review Poetry Chapbook Series, 5, 6, and 7) by Ron Mohring (Goodreads Author), Michael McFee, Lynne Knight 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005 — 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

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New chapbook release: Vivian Kao (Summer Kitchen Series)

Summer is really heating up with the launch of our Summer Kitchen Series! First up, we are delighted to present Vivian Kao’s Daughters of the Republic, Number 1 in Volume 14 of the series. These chapbooks are published in a very limited edition of only 49 copies: the poet gets 25, and the rest sell through Seven Kitchens–so act fast! Please join us in congratulating Vivian, and click here to read

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