{"product_id":"toward-a-credo","title":"Toward a Credo","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWatch the book trailer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWatch the reading\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Eklund\u003c\/strong\u003e’s poems are published widely in North American journals, including \u003cem\u003eThe American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Crazyhorse, Cimarron Review, Epoch, The Iowa Review, The Massachusetts Review, New Ohio Review, The North American Review,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWillow Springs, \u003c\/em\u003eamong others. Most recently, his poems have appeared in\u003cem\u003e Reedy Branch Review, Route 7, Rising Phoenix Review, The Lindenwood Review, Poetry Fix, Red Booth Review, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eRio Grande Review,\u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Heartland Review, Descant, Redactions,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAdelaide. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEklund’s full-length volumes include \u003cem\u003eThe Island Blade \u003c\/em\u003e(ABZ Press, 2011) and\u003cem\u003e Each Breath I Cannot Hold \u003c\/em\u003e(Wind Publications, 2011). Finishing Line Press published his chapbook \u003cem\u003eWanting to Be an Element\u003c\/em\u003e in 2012, as well as his recent collection, \u003cem\u003eAltar, \u003c\/em\u003ein September 2019. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis translations from Spanish have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Rio Grande Review, In Translation\/Third Rail, Merida Review, Circulo de Poesia, \u003c\/em\u003eand in the anthology\u003cem\u003e Sólo una vez aquí en la tierra: Cincuenta y dos poetas del mundo \u003c\/em\u003e(Only Once Here on Earth: 52 World Poets). His translations of poems by Mario Bojórquez recently appeared in \u003cem\u003eTupelo Literary Review. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEklund has been recognized as an Al Smith Fellow by the Kentucky Arts Council. In 2014, he was invited to represent the U.S. at the Encuentro Internacional de Poesia in Mexico City where he was a featured reader. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Eklund is Emeritus Professor at Morehead State University. He shares studio space with the painter and poet Laura Eklund on thirty acres of wooded hills in eastern Kentucky. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eVisit Eklund's website at:\u003cbr\u003egeorgeeklundpoetry.org\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 84 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (March 13, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53362167185717,"sku":"qwx1787287063044","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/toward-a-credo_1.jpg?v=1787287069","url":"https:\/\/chicpeakfashion.shop\/products\/toward-a-credo","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}