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New Issue! Cholla Needles 77!
Toti’s Book of Mother is a valuable tool for each of us learning yet again to experience grief for a friend or loved one – the grief that is not really for them, but for ourselves. Am I missing them on...
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New Book! Proving Grounds by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
Approximately 2624 nuclear bombs have been detonated since 1945. The vast majority of these bombs were dropped on the countries who made them, or on their colonies, as “tests”. Nukes have been...
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New Book! On The Way by James Marvelle
On The Way is the new collection of 210 poems from an American master. His work looks deep into nature (birds in a field), individuals (a girl with her dogs), music (finding the right tune), art...
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New Issue! Cholla Needles 78
Edited by Juan DelgadoCover & inner photographs by Thomas McGovernCreative writing by:Dana BurtonPaul MarionCraig SvonkinEllsworth ScottDanny RomeroAndré KatkovMicah TasakaChristopher...
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Book Review - Proving Grounds by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
Proving Grounds by Jean-Paul L. GarnierReviewed by Susan RukeyserProving Grounds, by science fiction writer and publisher, Jean-Paul L. Garnier, is a short and intense collection of anti-nuclear...
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New Book! Invisible Orchestras by Joy Gaines-Friedler & Ron Riekki
Joy Gaines-Friedler For 20 years Joy Gaines-Friedler made her living as a photographer. She is the author of 5 books of poetry, her most recent is Capture Theory. Joy teaches Memoir & Poetry for...
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New Issue! Cholla Needles 79
The exciting cover art is by Lily M. CapraThe magical words within are by:Bonnie BostromRon RiekkiJoy Gaines-FriedlerChristien GholsonMiriam SaganDavid Chorltonlalo kikirikiJ. David RawnJames...
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New Book! We're Also Wounded by Ron Riekki
In This Poem, I Explain Godexcept God hatesexplanations. God likesit when you just let stuffhappen.- - - - -Ron Riekki’s other books includeInvisible Orchestras, with Joy Gaines...
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Review: Tornado Season by Courtney Craggett
Tornado Season, Short Stories by Courtney Craggett Courtney Craggett has a special understanding of America’s complicated immigration issue, which at its core refuses to recognize that people south of...
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New Book! SharkHeads by Peter Nash
This is the story of my 9 year music business career. It includes my memories of these vinyl heroes and mentors who colored my world while I grew up inside the business:Henry Stone, Music Biz Legend...
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New Issue! Cholla Needles 80
Amazing cover by Douglas A. BlancThe creative work inside is by:Douglas A. BlancRose BaldwinBrian HarmanBruno TalericoYuan ChangmingDuane AndersonJames MarvelleRoger G. SingerTerry FirkinsTodd...
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Book Review: Strange Fle$h by Joe West
Strange Fle$h By Joe WestAnxiety Press (2023)This book comes at you like a semitruck going the wrong way on the freeway. And Joe West is not about to hit the brakes. In some ways reminiscent of...
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New Issue! Cholla Needles 81
The dramatic cover art is by Bonnie BostromThe creative writing shielded within is byHelen GualtereDonna CastañedaRoyal RhodesLeslie PalmerJacob QuintTobi AlfierDuane AndersonJames MarvelleMark T....
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Book Review! Our Lady of the Perpetual Desert by Alexandra Martinez
With a title such as “Our Lady of Perpetual Desert” I almost expect a miracle story, an apparition of prophetic witness; a good pinch of mystery, something hovering in the realm of sacred text. I am...
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Writing Meditation by Greg Gilbert on Sun House
Sun House by David James DuncanMeditation by Greg GilbertThis is not a review of David James Duncan’s Sun House, more a Writing Meditation of gratitude. Sun House is a looong booook, which is one of...
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New Issue! Cholla Needles 82
Edited by Philip Kobylarz & Sabrina BarretoCover art by Juan LuzuriagaIssue 82 creative authors:Lisa WenzelGeorge WallaceSonja SwiftKaren BrennanRosa De AndaJuan LuzuriagaDoren RobbinsNancy Lee...
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New Book! Laying Stone by Bonnie Bostrom
Lay stones mindfully,mosaic them into mandalas;circles reflecting stories of heaven.Laying Stone is a beautiful collection of full color art and poetry by Bonnie Bostrom. The large format of this book...
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New Youth Issues!!! Summer 2024 & Autumn 2024
We are blessed to have a relationship with Harrison House Music Arts & Ecology, who sponsored local students in a free science & arts experience this summer. Eva Soltes put together a...
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New Book! The Love Song by D. Marie Fitzgerald
This is the room, yes,where our love grows,where we fantasize about the forest outsideand the one star we behold between tree tops,where angels are fixed on the ceiling,and a Japanese parasol...
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Book Review: High Desert Elegy by Michael G. Vail
High Desert Elegy by Michael G. VailReviewed by John Krieg There is something about the desert. No other environment on planet Earth is more cleansing and clarifying. No less a figure than Jesus...
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