{"product_id":"mud-flat-verse-an-anthology-jes-simmons-9798872276265","title":"Mud Flat Verse (an anthology)","description":"In this sister publication to \u003ci\u003eMud Flat Shorts (mostly fiction)\u003c\/i\u003e you will find 81 poems by 19 writers-poems about history, about people and places, about life, love and death-playful, satirical, sad, emotionally stirring and challenging poems. Some of the poets are people who never considered themselves poets but who, from time to time, are inspired to write in verse. Many are experienced professional writers whose work has appeared in major publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly, Poetry, The Hudson Review, Prairie Schooner, The Iowa Review, Texas Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom New York City comes Texas-born Steve Schalchlin, songwriter\/composer of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Session \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e New World Waking\u003c\/i\u003e; from the Virgin Islands comes Anne Nayer whose \"Eight Vignettes from a Memoir in Progress\" was published in \u003ci\u003eMud Flat Shorts (mostly fiction)\u003c\/i\u003e; from Western Washington come Lennée Reid, Suzanne Simon, Lynne Ellis; from California come Southern USA born Larry Johnson and Jack Butler, and more and more and more-including: Judith Bouffiou, Jay Curlin, David Dooley, Paul Lubenkov, Max Nolan, James O'Barr, Kathleen O'Shaunessy, Dan Pens, Jes Simmons, Johnny Wink, Ricker Winsor, and Gabi Clayton. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSister publications \u003ci\u003eMud Flat Shorts (mostly fiction)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMud Flat Verse (an anthology) \u003c\/i\u003eshould sit side by side on bookshelves but should not sit there forever; they should be taken off the shelf and read over and over. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"We play (in all seriousness) with poems\/verses\/prose, painting vistas with phases written, spoken, sung, spun into a million colors.\" \u003c\/i\u003e Gabi Clayton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jes Simmons, Johnny Wink, David Dooley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8872276268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798872276265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Jes Simmons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46173117907199,"sku":"9798872276265","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_741defbf-4f78-466b-a3e6-a8088a9f9d32.jpg?v=1727180042","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mud-flat-verse-an-anthology-jes-simmons-9798872276265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}