{"product_id":"about-those-losses-james-benger-9781958182901","title":"About Those Losses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Benger\u003c\/strong\u003e has written a bunch of stuff. Some of it has even been published in print and on the interwebs. He is the resident slacker on the Board of Directors of the Writers Place, and is the most truant member of the Riverfront Readings Committee. He is also the admin of an online poetry workshop called 365 Poems in 365 Days, which has produced four anthologies and counting. He lives and Kansas City with his wife and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Worrel\u003c\/strong\u003e works as a paraeducator and is a mother, a video gamer, and a bookworm. She co-authored her first and second books of poetry with James Benger: \u003cem\u003eMisfits in the Front Row\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRavenous and Salivating\u003c\/em\u003e. She also writes short stories that have been published in \u003cem\u003eCoal City Review, James Gunn's Ad Astra\u003c\/em\u003e, and the anthology \u003cem\u003eThe New Normal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Halloween 2023, redbat books released Lindsey Martin-Bowen's seventh poetry book, \u003cem\u003eCASHING CHECKS \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e with Jim Morrison.\u003c\/em\u003e Her poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eWhere Water Meets the Rock\u003c\/em\u003e (39 WEST PRESS 2017) was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, her \u003cem\u003eCROSSING KANSAS with Jim Morrison \u003c\/em\u003e (in chapbook form) was a semi-finalist in the QuillsEdge Press 2015-2016 Chapbook Contest., and in 2017, it won \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the Kansas Writers Association award, \"Looks Like a Million.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 2016, Writer's Digest gave her \"Vegetable Linguistics\" an Honorable Mention in its 85th Annual Contest. Her \u003cem\u003eInside Virgil's Garage\u003c\/em\u003e (Chatter House Press 2013) was a runner-up in the 2015 Nelson Poetry Book Award, and a poem from it was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. \u003cem\u003eMcClatchy Newspapers\/The Kansas City Star \u003c\/em\u003enamed her \u003cem\u003eStanding on the Edge of the World\u003c\/em\u003e (Woodley Press\/Washburn University) one of the Ten Top Poetry Books of 2008. It was nominated for a Pen Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Her poems have run in\u003cem\u003e Contemporary Surrealist \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMagical Realist Poetry, New Letters, I-70 Review, Thorny Locust, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Tittynope Zine, Coal City Review, Amethyst Arsenic, Silver Birch \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Press, Flint Hills Review, Bare Root Review, The Same, Phantom \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Drift, Porter Gulch Review, Rockhurst Review, \u003c\/em\u003e 21 anthologies, and other literary magazines. She taught at the University of Missouri- Kansas City 18 years, often concurrently at JCCC, MCC -Penn Valley, and MCC-Longview 25 years, and she taught writing, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and American Court Systems (online) for Blue Mountain College in Pendleton, Oregon (2019-2024), . She holds an MA from the University of Missouri and a Juris Doctor degree from the UMKC Law School. While teaching at UMKC and MCCU-Longview, she concurrently taught creative writing, World Literature, and other writing classes at MCCC--Penn Valley for (1993-2005) and Johnson County Community College (1988-2005.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In a previous life, she was a full-time newspaper reporter for \u003cem\u003eThe Louisville Times\u003c\/em\u003e (Louisville, Colorado) and for \u003cem\u003eThe SUN Newspapers\u003c\/em\u003e Johnson County, Kansas), an associate editor for \u003cem\u003eModern Jeweler Magazine \u003c\/em\u003eand the Editor for \u003cem\u003eThe National Paralegal Reporter.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Benger, Sarah Worrel, Lindsey Martin-Bowen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1958182907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958182901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spartan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.24d","brand":"James Benger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372716413183,"sku":"9781958182901","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c018108-495f-4830-8a08-f6be975c593d.jpg?v=1732726746","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/about-those-losses-james-benger-9781958182901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}