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This week at OPEN: Ruth Foley reviews Sonya Vatomsky’s My Heart in Aspic. 

Nikki Wallschlaeger is poet of the month at The Inquisitive Eater; her second poem of August is up!

I throw salt over my left shoulder as
a protective gesture against the cops,
I wash my floors on Wednesdays with
rosemary oil to prevent slave recapture.
Kale voter suppression kale Bernie Sanders
kale New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
kale I’m-in-no-hurry kale the finest excuses
chilled in aged arthritis black bone crystal…

Anne Cecelia Holmes is doing some readings this fall for her Horse Less Press book, THE JITTERS. She’ll be in NYC, DC, Akron OH, Grand Rapids MI, and more places TBA. Keep an eye on her reading dates here! 

This week’s installment of Horse Less Review #18 is six Poems by Sara Lupita Olivares, plus recordings of the author reading her work!

CERTAIN NOISE

late affairs reach woods

pines and our mountain reason

fisherman dividing waters

age to deep boat ends

detachment is a quiet

crowd as much

as a remote

sweeping…(Read more)

Today at Woodland Pattern’s blog, Dawn Tefft reviews Nikki Wallschlaeger’s HOUSES. Thanks, Dawn!

This week’s installment of HLR #18 is three poems by Ellen Welcker!

Deep

I’m a weeping weapon.
I’m a butt catcher.
You’re a butt holder.
I’m nuffin. You’re Griselda.
You’re Danny. Shut it
Danny! You’re Warren.
This tank top
w/ the built-in cups—
I’m while. I’m dry
wailing piles… (read more)

Nikki Wallschlaeger is poet of the month over at The Inquisitive Eater! 

Horse Less Press is getting bigger, and we need some editorial help; time commitment could range from reader to editorial positions w more responsibility, but all new positions will focus on soliciting and choosing content and working with authors. If you are a POC interested in such a labor of love, please be in touch with Jen Tynes at jen.tynes@gmail.com! And please pass along to anyone you know who might be interested.

A new review of Kirsten Jorgenson’s SEDIMENT & VEIL is up at Sugar House Review(s). Thanks, Michael McLane!

We’ve added two new chapbooks to our catalog! Pick up your copies of Lisa Cattrone’s MY SECRET LIFE & Megan Kaminski & Bonnie Roy’s SEVEN TO DECEMBER. If you pre-ordered either chapbook, it’s on its way! If you order today or tomorrow (July 24-25), your book will ship immediately. All orders placed July 26-Aug 2 will ship on Aug 3, when Horse Less Press returns from vacation.