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Al Ortolani
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39 West Press, in partnership with Spartan Press
Description
The four poets appearing in this collection carry forward a proud and independent spirit. They call themselves White Buffalo, after a now-defunct cafe in Pittsburg, Kansas, that offered writers, poets, artists, musicians, and friends a place of warmth and community, which in turn fostered an environment of challenge and diversity. With craft and passion the poets each knew how to remember, resurrect those indomitable, lost places, folks, and ghosts...
Author
Publisher
Spartan Press
Description
"The idea for writing one poem a day for 100 days emerged slowly. In March, as we sheltered in place, I discovered that putting poems on Facebook allowed me to communicate with an immediacy that I usually only enjoyed at public readings. It tasted like bacon, like strong coffee. Naively, I thought 30 days would cover the worst of the pandemic. As I considered shutting down my daily posts, returning to sending poems out to small presses, I experienced...
