January 16th, 2016 | by Ashley Teatum | published in Blog, Fiction, Poetry, Press, Rebecca Snow | Leave A Comment »
Two Conundrum Press authors will take part in a poetry and fiction reading—“The Waves: A Feminist Retrospective”—presented by Women Write the Rockies today at Wolverine Farm Letterpress and Publick House. The reading will take place today (Jan. 16) from 7 to 9 p.m., at 316 Willow Street, Fort Collins. Rebecca Snow, author of Glassmusic, and […]
April 2nd, 2015 | by caleb | published in J Diego Frey, New Releases, Poetry | Leave A Comment »
Click here to purchase. by J Diego Frey Like a blindfolded fool who stands on a street corner giving out free hugs, this poetry collection has many oddly shaped gifts to offer. Maybe you’ll come away with a feeling of affection, maybe with some type of infection, but your relationship with modern poetry will be […]
April 2nd, 2015 | by caleb | published in Chris Ransick, New Releases, Poetry | Leave A Comment »
Click here to purchase. by Chris Ransick This collection from Denver’s former poet laureate pulses with surprising turns and playful language. The book’s complex weave of individual, highly readable pieces collected into suites presents an invitation to the reader to absorb the book as greater than the sum of its parts. Tom Ferril’s Mandolin From […]
April 2nd, 2015 | by caleb | published in Juliana Aragón Fatula, New Releases, Poetry | Leave A Comment »
Click here to purchase. by Juliana Aragón Fatula Fatula uses a combination of nature, spirituality, myth, and ritual in this magical collection of poems. With no-holds-barred honesty, she shares her experiences of trying to escape the bonds of race and gender to prevail in an unjust world for a woman of color who writes. Praise […]
September 15th, 2014 | by caleb | published in Poetry, Rocky Mountain Poetry Series, Sigman Byrd | Leave A Comment »
Click here to purchase. Praise for Wake Up, Sleepwalker “This is a brilliant, wonderful book with provocative insights on every page and new language for the heady, raw experience of being alive. Sigman Byrd is more than accomplished. He is simply splendid, and these poems are nourishment for the ‘smoky crevices of the heart.’” —Joe […]
July 12th, 2014 | by caleb | published in Bruce Berger, Poetry | Leave A Comment »
Click here to purchase. Music in Bruce Berger’s poetry is more than subject ma tter, more than cadence; it is a metaphor for the examined life. In these poems, a man’s transformations are measured by the concerts he has witnessed; the depth of a woman’s life is revealed by an un finished painting her son a ttempts to complete; a composer is […]
June 2nd, 2014 | by caleb | published in Michael J. Henry, Poetry | 2 Comments »
Click here to purchase. In Active Gods, Michael J. Henry examines what it means to be both parent and child, and his poems reveal threads between these dual identities in small, specific moments: the shared experience of growing up, losing out, escaping, and then resolving to try again. With imagery that is both familiar and […]
May 5th, 2014 | by caleb | published in Blog, Chris Ransick, Poetry | Leave A Comment »
Click here to purchase. Chris Ransick, appointed Denver Poet Laureate in 2006, is the author of five books: Language for the Living and the Dead; Never Summer, Poems from Thin Air (Winner of the Colorado Book Award); A Return to Emptiness (Colorado Book Award finalist); Lost Songs & Last Chances; and Asleep Beneath the Hill […]
May 5th, 2014 | by caleb | published in Blog, J Diego Frey, Poetry | 1 Comment »
Click here to purchase. Praise for Umbrellas or Else: “J Diego Frey’s poems are written with a love for language and a freshness of voice that’s tough to beat.” -Michael J. Henry, author of Active Gods and No Stranger Than My Own “…when I pick up J Diego Frey’s work, laughter and tears come in waves and […]
September 25th, 2013 | by caleb | published in Chris Ransick, Poetry | 1 Comment »
Click here to purchase. Never Summer speaks tenderly…layered so the perception of reality becomes almost super-real. This book is an everyday world where tragedy and bad news occasionally intrude. So does an ironic humor. Through all the ups and downs, there is a thread of confidence in the future, the belief that “we will build […]
