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His full-length collection \u003cem\u003eFlying to America\u003c\/em\u003e was released by Broadstone Books in 2024. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLuther’s poem “Holding” received an honorable mention in 2015 from Delaware Literary Connections. In 2001, Luther’s poem “Girls in Blue Dresses” placed first in a contest sponsored by Argonne House Press\/Wordwrights Magazine. He was also a first-place winner in the 2010 Jean Stainback Schmidt Memorial Poetry contest for his poem “The Chalk House.” His poem “Love Song for a Dismembered Country” was selected as a finalist in the Third Wednesday Poetry Contest in 2018. Luther was a winner in the Moving Words Poetry competition sponsored by the city of Arlington, VA in 2011 and again in 2021. His poem “Zeta” was named a co-winner in the 2022 American Writers Review competition, sponsored by San Fedele Press. 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Her first book of fiction, \u003ci\u003eCigar Box of Loss: Stories from Route 66, \u003c\/i\u003eis forthcoming from Belle Point Press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eEmail: lv2write@tds.net\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWebsite: lindanealreising.weebly.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFacebook: Linda Neal Reising\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eInstagram: @nealreising\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 90 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (January 27, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards:\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Book Fest (Finalist in Narrative Category, 2025)\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Writing Awards (Finalist in Poetry-General Category, 2025)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNFPW At-Large Professional Contest (First Place in Poetry Category, 2026)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe BookFest (First Place in Poetry - Modern, First Place in Poetry - Narrative, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53362158534965,"sku":"unr1787287015367","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/navigation_1.jpg?v=1787287021"},{"product_id":"preemptive-elegy","title":"Preemptive Elegy","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott Bade\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and Kalamazoo College. His chapbook \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eMy Favorite Thing About Desire\u003c\/i\u003e was a co-winner of the 2018 Celery City Chapbook contest. Scott Bade’s award-winning poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and his poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eFugue, Shadowgraph, Reed Magazine, Foothill,\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. 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Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003e34th Parallel Magazine, Ignatian Literary Magazine, Five on the Fifth, Lumina Journal, Hominum Journal, The Anna, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Figwort.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe has work forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eCrab Creek Review, Courtship of the Winds, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Remington Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe can be found on Instagram and on her website:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e@vawiswell\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ewww.vawiswell.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 54 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 19, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53362159059253,"sku":"yhc1787287017727","price":12.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/humans-on-earth_1.jpg?v=1787287024"},{"product_id":"a-legacy-of-birds","title":"A Legacy of Birds","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSharon Perkins Ackerman\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Appalachian poet living near the Blue Ridge of central Virginia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eHer poems have appeared in\u003ci\u003e The Southern Humanities Review, Atlanta Review, Appalachian Places, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Roanoke Review, Meridian, Still: The Journal, Salvation South, Blue Mountain Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand various other places.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eShe is the winner of the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry, London, 2019. She has one poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eRevised Light\u003c\/i\u003e (Main Street Rag, 2021) and works as poetry editor for \u003ci\u003eStreetlight Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 92 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 20, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53362159255861,"sku":"jkr1787287019334","price":14.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/a-legacy-of-birds_1.jpg?v=1787287024"},{"product_id":"when-the-sun-was-a-poet-a-lyrical-almanac-of-lifes-seasons-and-seasonings","title":"When the Sun Was a Poet: A Lyrical Almanac of Life’s Seasons and Seasonings","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJill Crainshaw\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet, professor, and preacher. When she is not teaching at Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, NC, she and her two pups, Bella and Penny, look for poems in their backyard. Sometimes Jill writes them down. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThrough her writing and teaching, Jill celebrates life’s seasons and seasonings. Jill has authored seven academic books in her spirituality, theology, and religious leadership disciplines. Her poetry can be found in several journals and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eSynkoniciti, The New Verse News,\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Writing in a Woman’s Voice.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 90 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (February 24, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53362159452469,"sku":"zdd1787287020864","price":12.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/when-the-sun-was-a-poet-a-lyrical-almanac-of-lifes-seasons-and-seasonings_1.jpg?v=1787287026"},{"product_id":"the-death-and-rebirth-of-ophelia","title":"The Death and Rebirth of Ophelia","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Cooperman\u003c\/strong\u003e confesses that \u003ci\u003eMacbeth,\u003c\/i\u003e not \u003ci\u003eHamlet, \u003c\/i\u003eis his favorite play by Shakespeare. In fact, \u003ci\u003eThe Death and Rebirth of Ophelia \u003c\/i\u003eis his revenge on the play for having been forced to read it on all-too numerous occasions in high school, college, and graduate school, and has come to thoroughly detest the title character. So, one fine day the thought hit him over the head: What if Ophelia traded places with a woman who bore her an uncanny resemblance in the visiting acting troupe and left Elsinore with that troupe, to become a strolling player? 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