Book One of the Legend of Vandar Series
Thousands of years after the global nuclear conflagration, Earth had reverted to a primitive world of sword and shield, bow and arrow. Amidst this sparsely populated world, the infant Vandar — by legend, son of the god Volcar — lay in a cave next to his dead mother. He is rescued by Janura Chen, general […]
A 2023 Firecracker Award Finalist
So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar. Growing up at the feet of the Himalayas in northern India, Kumar took for granted her immersion in a lush natural world. After moving to North America as a teenager, she found herself increasingly distanced from more than human life and […]
(Meowl-o-ween)
It’s Meowl-o-ween, and the cats are out! In the glow of a harvest moon they gather—whiskers twitching, tails a-switching. Led by a scruffy black cat, they slink, pounce, and scare on the spookiest night of the year. But not all the cats are enjoying Halloween. . . a lost kitten is frightened by the crowds, […]
New Mexico Poetry Anthology 2023 is an “ode and homage to nuestra querencia, our beloved homeland.” Two hundred original, previously unpublished poems explore themes such as community, culture, history, identity, landscape, and water. From a diverse group of poets, the poems are introspective and personal; reflective and astute; steady and celebratory. Including poignant, unique, even […]
Donald Levering’s 16th poetry book, titled “Breaking Down Familiar,” has achieved notable recognition. Published by Main Street Rag Publishing Company, it secured the Creative Verse Book of Poetry category award in the 2023 New Mexico Press Women Communications Contest. Furthermore, it secured the second position in the same category in the National Federation of Press […]
Any Song Will Do, New and Selected Later Poems, picks up where his last book, Previous Lives, left off in its retrospective of over 40 years of poetry writing. Previously uncollected newer poems comprise over a third of the book; the rest are selected from four of his books published since 2012. The title is derived from […]
