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Books by Our Members

We are pleased to provide a partial listing of book publications by our Members. We have also indicated which books are still available and where you can obtain them. We are continually expanding this list as Members provide information about new publications.

 

Paul Buchheit

Sonnets of Love and Joy
Author: Paul Buchheit
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Publication Date: 08/15/23
ISBN: 978-1-63980-363-7Price: $23.00

Summary: Sonnets of Love and Joy is a collection of sixty sonnets, most of them in Shakespearean form, organized into sections on love, family and friendship, nature, seasons, and the joy of being a child.

Available for purchase on Amazon.com and Kelsay Books.com.

Reviews: 
https://booksbypaulb.com/#SonnetsLoveJoy

Trailer (YouTube): https://youtu.be/shDjKRy9JxY

Mardelle Fortier
 

White Fire: for Olympic Skaters, 
Finishing Line Press.

G. Bryan Hall

(EYE) Tunnel Vision Chicago Street Art ...ETC Author: G. Bryan Hall

Published on Amazon.com
Publication date: 09/02/2024 ISBN: 979-833567110
Price: $50.00

Summary: Everything you are about to see in this Coffee Table Art Book are things EYE see while on M(EYE) Chicago Street Art Walks.

EYE have also shared some of M(EYE) poems EYE wrote while in M(EYE) addiction, rehab, recovery and rebirth.

As part of the LGBTQIA+ community addiction is sometimes just part of that journey too.

Never be ashamed of who you are or who you love…You are unique.

Kathryn P. Haydon 


Unsalted Blue Sunrise: Poems of Lake Michigan, a collection of poems written from the same spot on the bluffs overlooking the lake over the course of a year. This book will awaken your deep soul thinking and change the way you see the nature around you.

Prairie Cloud Press, 2023
Available directly from the author with an inscription or from Amazon and your local bookshop.

Mark Hudson
 

Road Trip, self-published. Contact the author to purchase

Grub Street, self-published. Contact the author to purchase

Caroline Johnson
 

The Caregiver (Holy Cow! Press, 2018), a full-length collection by P&P president Caroline Johnson inspired by years of family caregiving. Available on Amazon or Holy Cow! Press website

Where the Street Ends, Jupiter Publishing. Willow Springs, IL, 60480. 2010. To request a copy of the book, contact the author.

My Mother’s Artwork. Jupiter Publishing.  Willow Springs, IL, 60480. 2011. To request a copy of the book, contact the author.

James Green

Long Journey Home
Available on Amazon

Stations of the Cross, https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/stations-of-the-cross-by-james-e-green/

Barely Still, Barely Stirring, https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/barely-still-barely-stirring-by-james-green/ Also available on Amazon

The Color of Prayer: Poem on Rembrandt Painting the Bible, http://www.shantiarts.co/uploads/files/ghi/
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Also available on Amazon

Lynda La Rocca

Unbroken, her latest collection can be ordered through Kelsaybooks.com, Amazon, or directly from the author at $20.00 per copy (including tax and postage). Please indicate if you want the copy inscribed and to whom. 

Lynda La Rocca
217 Park Ave., Salida, CO  81201

Phone: 719-207-4201
Email: llsv1214@outlook.com      

Wilda Morris

Wilda Morris, Szechwan Shrimp and Fortune Cookies: Poems from a Chinese Restaurant (Rockford, IL: Rockford Writer’s Guild Press, 2008). ISBN: 978-0-9796634-8-2. Out of print. In these poems mostly written at The China Chef in Westmont, Illinois (which has subsequently gone out of business), Morris explores the 12 months of the zodiac placemat and her favorite dishes on the menu. She also writes about the people who frequent The China Chef or drop in unexpectedly: teachers, golfers, an out-of-control five-year-old, a biker, and others.

Wilda Morris, Pequod Poems: Gamming with Moby-Dick (Kelsay Books, 2019). ISBN: 978-1-949229-60-8. Though the majority of the poems are free verse, Morris uses twenty different forms as she explores back stories of characters in Melville’s famous novel, events on board, and the aftermath of the voyage (for instance, how it affected the families of those who went down with the ship). She also “converses” with Melville himself. You don’t need to have read Moby-Dick to enjoy these poems.

Wilda Morris, At Goat Hollow and Other Poems (Kelsay Books, 2023). ISBN: 978-1-63980-338-5. Available through Kelsay Books or Amazon.com. Wilda’s Uncle Norman was an original, quirky in a number of ways that delighted his nephews and nieces and sometimes infuriated his siblings. He stars in this collection, along with his wife, Aunt Irene, and their little goat farm in rural Iowa. Mostly free verse, this collection includes a few formal poems, including a bouts sonnet

Wilda Morris with Glenna Holloway, Susan Moss, et. al, eds. Distilled Lives. 20th Anniversary Anthology (Illinois State Poetry Society, 2014). ISBN: 0741465892. Wilda headed the editorial team for this first anthology published by the Illinois State Poetry Society, featuring poems by its members. Some are serious; others, humorous. Some are confessional; others focus on more philosophical issues. They represent the diversity of ISPS membership.

Wilda Morris and Susan T. Moss, editors, Distilled Lives, Vol. 6 (Illinois State Poetry Society, 2023). ISBN: ‎ 979-8370997181. This collection of poems by members of the Illinois State Poetry Society edited by Morris and Moss includes poems on a great variety of topics and in many different styles, reflecting the range of contemporary poetic practice.

Erin o’Bryen

The Place Where I Live: Poems
by Erin O'Bryen
Erin O’Bryen’s first collection of poetry is available on Amazon.com

Donna Pucciani


To Sip Darjeeling at Dawn, Virtual Artists Collective, Chicago 2011. (Available from the publisher, or through Abe Books, Powells.com, Barnes & Noble.com, and Amazon).

Chasing the Saints, Virtual Artists’ Collective, 2008. (available through Powells, AbeBooks, your local independent bookseller, or Barnes & Noble)

Jumping Off the Train, Orchard House Press, Washington State 2007 (Available from Amazon and orchardhousepress.com)

The Other Side of Thunder, Flarestack Publishing, 2006 (8 Abbot's Way, Pilton, Somerset, England BA4 4BN)

Jenene Ravesloot


In Sliders, finely etched characters
and charged noir scenes make this an intriguing read.

Sliders is available for purchase by contacting the author ravjenop@yahoo.com

Jane Richards

The Feather Variations: Poems
by Jane Richards

The Feather Variations intertwines the natural world with the rhythms of relationship, loss, and recovery.

Jane Richards’ first poetry chapbook is available at Amazon.com

Beth Staas

Beside the Golden Door is the story of one family, five of whom immigrate from
Germany to America, alternating with the three members remaining behind. It goes from the late 1920s to the end of World War II, describing the experiences of those buffeted by powers and politics barely understood. (Qualified Press, 2012), available at Amazon.com 

Curt Vevang

The Prince and The Elf, a rhyming, humorous children’s book with a message to Think For Yourself. @Amazon 2014

The Prince, and The Elf Too, also a rhyming, humorous children’s book stressing the importance of treating others as you would like to be treated. @Amazon 2014

a scant bagatelle, a collection of 51 poems providing a wry look at reality as well as a deeper message. @Amazon 2016

the nature of things, humorous, philosophical poetry and essays including many depicting growing up in Chicago. @Amazon 2017

poetry as we like it, a collection of 47 poems, including many that have won awards, some humorous, some rhyming and most previously unpublished. @Amazon 2020

R. G. Ziemer

The Ghost of Jamie McVay by R. G. Ziemer

"...a ghost story of revenge and redemption that pulls you in from the opening sentence…”

Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble.com, and other book stores. Purchase direct from the author: https://rgziemer.com