Toadlily Press ANNOUNCES
TOADLILY PRESS CONGRATULATES THE POETS CHOSEN FOR ITS 2008 QUARTET SERIES.
LOOK FOR THE NEW TITLE IN SEPTEMBER.
Marcia Arrieta Pasadena, CA
Michael Carman Yonkers, NY
Pat Landreth Keller Hawkinsville, GA
George Kraus Tarrytown, NY
CHECK OUT THE BOOKS PAGE AND POEMS PAGE FOR REVIEWERS' COMMENTS, POEM SAMPLES AND RECORDINGS OF THE POETS READING THEIR WORK.
TOADLILY PRESS CONGRATULATES HEIDI HART (EDGE BY EDGE) FOR WINNING A PUSHCART PRIZE (XXXIII 2009). HER POEM, "DOOR PSALM," will appear in 2009 Puschcart Prize XXXIII: Best of the Small Presses.
Look for the poem and Heidi's audio on the Poems page. Click here.
WITH THANKS TO OUR MANY FRIENDS who have made generous donations and grants in support of the press, we are pleased to announce that Toadlily will no longer require a reading fee during its open submission period. See the SUBMIT page for updated guidelines.
Toadlily Press is pleased to announce that The Fifth Voice and Edge by Edge were both noted by The Montserrat Review on their list of BEST BOOKS OF 2007.
Toadlily congratulates Emma Bolden who has had a chapbook accepted for publication by Dancing Girl Press. Look for a review of Emma's "How to Recognize a Lady" ( Edge by Edge) in the Alabama Writer's Forum, Click here to read more.
UPCOMING READINGS:
July 10 Time: TBA
Myrna Goodman will read poems with other poets from The Westchester Review. Chappaqua Library, 195 S. Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, NY 10514, (914) 238-4779 Click here to read more. FREE
September 27 Time TBA
Jennifer Wallace, students and faculty from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, will read at the Baltimore Book Festival in historic Mount Vernon Square. FREE.
OTHER NEWS:
Mindy Kronenberg reviews Edge by Edge in the Winter 2008 edition of Book/Mark Quarterly. " This is the third volume in Toadlily's quartet series, a collection of four poets with distinctive and vital voices that come together in a surprising and satisfying sampling."
Read a recent review of The Fifth Voice by Ellen
M. Taylor in the May 2007 issue of Off the Coast. "Four
poets, one book. Grand collaboration."
Read a recent review of Victoria Givotovsky's poems from The Fifth Voice in The Comstock Review.
Julie R. Enszer's recent review of The Fifth Voicedeclares the book “a leap forward for the press; the gorgeously designed cover signifies a finely printed book. The four poets included are well-served by the press and its delivery of poetry into the world.”
Read the complete review at www.galatearesurrection4.blogspot.com.
Exciting additions to our website:
• See (AND HEAR!) an audio component on the Poetry Sampler Page.
• We've added a Friends page with new information about ways you can support the press.
• And, we'll be adding a Q & A column to the home page, with comments and thoughts of the editors and other notable poets.
These upgrades are possible thanks to a “regrant” from the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, supported by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
TOADLILY & FISCAL SPONSORSHIP
Are you wondering what to give that special person who has everything? Do you want to honor a fellow poetry lover or family member? Give them the gift that supports poetry. Bring more wonder into the world.
TOADLILY PRESS in now under the fiscal sponsorship of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organizaton. Contributions in behalf of Toadlily Press may be made payable to FRACTURED ATLAS and sent to Toadlily Press, PO Box 2, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. For gifts over $100, donors will receive the Toadlily book of their choice. For more information email mgoodman@toadlilypress.com.
Some Reviews of Toadlily Press and its Authors
www.cortlandreview.com/features/06/spring/coon_r.html
galatearesurrection2.blogspot.com
http://middlewesterner.typepad.com/middlewesterner/2006/01/new_york_poet_m.html
Toadlily Links
www.pamelahart.blogspot.com Pamela Hart, Toadlily Press poet,The Fifth Voice
www.anncefola.com
www.chapbookfinder.com
www.clmp .org Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
www.cortlandreview.com The Cortland Review
www.emmabolden.wordpress.com Emma Bolden, Toadlily Press poet, Edge By Edge
www.galatearesurrection2.blogspot.com
www.ilyakaminsky.com
www.jeanvalentine.com
http://www.litlist.net
http://middlewesterner.typepad.com The Middlewesterner
www.mollypeacock.org
www.writerscenter.org The Hudson Valley Writers' Center
http://www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org The Palm Beach Poetry Festival
www.poems.com Poetry Daily
www.poetrysociety.org Poetry Society of America
www.poets.org The Academy of American Poets
www.poetshouse.org
COPIES OF Edge By Edge, The Fifth Voice and Desire Path ARE AVAILABLE AT READINGS AND FROM THIS WEB SITE. CLICK ON HOW TO ORDER
