THE PROTOCOLS OF TORTURE: Selected Poems

by Jéanpaul Ferro

'Lil Beethoven Publishing is proud to bring you THE PROTOCOLS OF TORTURE, Selected Poems, 2011 by 10-time Pushcart Prize nominee Jéanpaul Ferro. Featured on NPR , Contemporary American Voices , Columbia Review , Emerson Review, Connecticut Review, Portland Monthly , Arts & Understanding Magazine , The Providence Journal , Saltsburg Review, Hawaii Review, and others; his collection of poetry, Essendo Morti – Being Dead (Goldfish Press, 2009), was nominated for the 2010 Griffin Prize in Poetry. Additionally, his collection, Jazz (Honest Publishing, 2011), was also nominated for both the 2012 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize and the 2012 Griffin Prize in Poetry. He was born in Scituate, Rhode Island in 1967.

The poems of THE PROTOCOLS OF TORTURE were written from 2000 to 2010 during the age of 9/11, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and the American economic downturn of 2008 and reflect an American in turmoil.

About the Author

A 10-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Jéanpaul Ferro’s work has appeared on NPR , Dublin Quarterly , Columbia Review , Emerson Review, Connecticut Review, Portland Monthly , Arts & Understanding Magazine , Contemporary American Voices , The Providence Journal , Saltsburg Review, Asia Literary Review, Hawaii Review, and others. His poetry collection, Essendo Morti – Being Dead (Goldfish Press, 2009), was nominated for the 2010 Griffin Prize in Poetry. Additionally, his collection, Jazz (Honest Publishing, 2011), was nominated for both the 2012 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize and the 2012 Griffin Prize in Poetry. He was born in Scituate, Rhode Island in 1967.

Novels

Torchlight Parade (‘Lil Beethoven Publishing)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (‘Lil Beethoven Publishing)
The Twelve Coins (‘Lil Beethoven Publishing)

Poetry collections

79 Degree Probability of Loss
Essendo Morti – Being Dad
Jazz
You Know Too Much About Flying Saucers
Becoming X
Hemispheres
It Rains Diamonds on Saturn

Short Story Collections

Before We Were Shadows

102 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2023

About the author

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 raised in Scituate, Rhode Island.

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Reviews

[B. Cyrus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a beautiful collection of poems. The Risk of Absurdity and Letters To America - From the Friend of a Black Person are otherworldly. I could not recommend a collection of poetry more than this one. Just loved it!

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