Mansion of Memory Arrives Tomorrow

 

Mansion of Memory, my new chapbook of poems from Rank Stranger Press, arrives tomorrow.   The chapbook sells for $11 (plus $2 postage).  Proceeds go to Bright Futures Joplin Tornado Fund to help with rebuilding costs in Joplin, MO, my hometown.

Please order a copy.  Contact me for where to send your check.  Thank you in advance.

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Praise for Mansion of Memory

“Of course it all begins in innocence.  A child’s fascination with her own ability to twirl a washcloth over water, a sense of power from mastering the climbing of a mulberry tree, images of life before the storm.  Even that early, though, one can’t help but feel the ominous presence of power looming in things, power that enchants and moves, but also endangers, and sometimes destroys. ” —Scott Owens, author of Something Knows the Moment and other collections

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“These poems of memory also move forward.  The poems/prayers (you can really use them interchangeably) speak to the pull of the past, the eye that looks toward the future and the power we all have because, as Losse puts it, “happiness is a choice.” ”  —Jessie Carty, author of Paper House and Fat Girl

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“This chapbook takes me back to my childhood in the best way possible; it fills the gaps that time has erased and warms me. Helen Losse says it best in one of her poems, ‘there’s nothing like life in the firefly shadows.’ ”  —Pris Campbell, author of five poetry collections

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“Helen Losse’s unique talent explores the most important elements of life’s journey. When I read her poems and connect spiritually with her vision, it gives me a deeper understanding and appreciation of what it means to be here, in the present day, with a look back at what created our current reality.  Gifted poets help us paint emotional passageways that enable us to create our own personal roadmaps through the twists and turns of our universal experiences.”  —Val MacEwan, editor/publisher of The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

“Facing One’s Weakness” in vox poetica

Many thanks to editor Annmarie Lockhart for publishing my poem “Facing One’s Weakness” (for NASCAR Driver, Kyle Busch) in vox poetica.

October Poetry at Dead Mule

Poems from twelve poets, including two chapbooks and a NASCAR poem, have been added to The Dead Mule.

Rusty Wallace fans will want to read “NASCAR Poet” by Norvin Dickerson.

Poem in The Main Street Rag

In all the excitement of Main Street Rag accepting my book Seriously Dangerous for publication in 2011, and all the activity of going to Poetry Hickory last week, I just plain forgot to announce that I have a poem, “Four Snapshots of the Sea-Going Boats,” in the Fall 2010 issue of The Main Street Rag.

The Main Street Rag is a print magazine edited in Charlotte by M. Scott Douglass.  If you get a chance, pick up a copy, and if not, you can see the poem when it comes out in Seriously Dangerous.

“Four Snapshots of the Sea-Going Boats” won first place in poetry in the 2009 Adult Writing Contest sponsored by the Davidson County (NC) Writer’s Guild.

Seriously Dangerous on Main Street Rag in 2011

“Coming Soon to the Coming Soon Page: Tongues in My Mouth by Demetrice Anntia Worley, Peoria, IL (poetry book), How to Survive Graduate School and Other Disasters by Molly McCaffrey, Bowling Green, KY (short fiction), Seriously Dangerous by Helen Losse, Winston-Salem, NC, Topless by Eileen McCluskey, Deborah Mead, and Kara Provost.” – from the October 2010 Main Street Rag Newsletter

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So yes, it’s true:  My second book. Seriously Dangerous,  will be published by Main Street Rag some time in 2011.

Pre-orders will be available soon.  Other details will follow.

Thank you, M. Scott Douglass.