A Constellation of Kisses, edited by Diane Lockward
Deborah Bacharach reviews A Constellation of Kisses in Compulsive Reader.
Dan Rosenberg's Cause and Effect was featured on Verse Daily on February 12, 2020.
Kelli Russell Agodon's Love in the Age of Broken Constellations was featured on Verse Daily on February 13, 2020.
Kim Addonizio's "Thus in winter stands the lonely tree. . ." was featured on Verse Daily on February 14, 2020.
Interview with editor Diane Lockward featured in Best American Poetry.
Congratulations to Jane Ebihara whose poem Last Kiss was featured on Tracy K. Smith's podcast, The Slowdown, on October 17, 2019.
A Constellation of Kisses was honored with a feature of Ellen Bass' "Gate C22" on The Writer's Almanac on October 4, 2019.
Mindy Kronenberg reviews A Constellation of Kisses in the Mom Egg Review.
Allan Marks reviews A Constellation of Kisses in At the Inkwell.
Dion O’Reilly hosts "The Hive Poetry Collective" podcast in which she interviews Terrapin publisher Diane Lockward about Terrapin Books and A Constellation of Kisses. They read and discuss a handful of poems from the book. Listen HERE
This 13 minute episode from "The Hive Poetry Collective" features Dion O’Reilly and Danusha Lameris each reading her poem from A Constellation of Kisses. They read and discuss their poems and the craft of poetry. Listen HERE
Watch this short video of A Constellation of Kisses.
Dan Rosenberg's Cause and Effect was featured on Verse Daily on February 12, 2020.
Kelli Russell Agodon's Love in the Age of Broken Constellations was featured on Verse Daily on February 13, 2020.
Kim Addonizio's "Thus in winter stands the lonely tree. . ." was featured on Verse Daily on February 14, 2020.
Interview with editor Diane Lockward featured in Best American Poetry.
Congratulations to Jane Ebihara whose poem Last Kiss was featured on Tracy K. Smith's podcast, The Slowdown, on October 17, 2019.
A Constellation of Kisses was honored with a feature of Ellen Bass' "Gate C22" on The Writer's Almanac on October 4, 2019.
Mindy Kronenberg reviews A Constellation of Kisses in the Mom Egg Review.
Allan Marks reviews A Constellation of Kisses in At the Inkwell.
Dion O’Reilly hosts "The Hive Poetry Collective" podcast in which she interviews Terrapin publisher Diane Lockward about Terrapin Books and A Constellation of Kisses. They read and discuss a handful of poems from the book. Listen HERE
This 13 minute episode from "The Hive Poetry Collective" features Dion O’Reilly and Danusha Lameris each reading her poem from A Constellation of Kisses. They read and discuss their poems and the craft of poetry. Listen HERE
Watch this short video of A Constellation of Kisses.
We have proudly published this exciting new anthology of poems about kisses. It includes poems about first kisses and last kisses, hello and goodbye kisses, wanted and unwanted kisses, hot and cold kisses, French kisses and chocolate kisses, and many more kinds of kisses.
Perfect for your reading pleasure and holiday and Valentine's Day gift-giving.
A kiss is never just a kiss—heat-seeking, information bearing, coded. In this inspired collection, poet and editor Diane Lockward has assembled over 100 poems about kisses written by many of our best contemporary poets. You’ll find kisses longed for, kisses auditioned, kisses rehearsed. Ritualistic kissing. Delicious kissing. Kissing that comforts the grieving. Kissing that blesses a union. Here’s “that first kiss, / long as a river” in Tim Seibles’ poem “Unmarked.” And here comes the kiss of yearning in Susan Aizenberg’s poem: “It’s that kiss you want for so long // that when you take it you take it / greedy as a thief,” an “epic” kiss, “a kiss worth whatever it costs.”
As soon as I heard this anthology’s title I thought of the words Jimi Hendrix made famous: “Excuse me while I kiss the sky.” These pages are constellated with all manner of kisses in all manner of patterns.
—from the Foreword by Lee Upton.
Available:
Amazon
B&N
Terrapin Bookstore
Perfect for your reading pleasure and holiday and Valentine's Day gift-giving.
A kiss is never just a kiss—heat-seeking, information bearing, coded. In this inspired collection, poet and editor Diane Lockward has assembled over 100 poems about kisses written by many of our best contemporary poets. You’ll find kisses longed for, kisses auditioned, kisses rehearsed. Ritualistic kissing. Delicious kissing. Kissing that comforts the grieving. Kissing that blesses a union. Here’s “that first kiss, / long as a river” in Tim Seibles’ poem “Unmarked.” And here comes the kiss of yearning in Susan Aizenberg’s poem: “It’s that kiss you want for so long // that when you take it you take it / greedy as a thief,” an “epic” kiss, “a kiss worth whatever it costs.”
As soon as I heard this anthology’s title I thought of the words Jimi Hendrix made famous: “Excuse me while I kiss the sky.” These pages are constellated with all manner of kisses in all manner of patterns.
—from the Foreword by Lee Upton.
Available:
Amazon
B&N
Terrapin Bookstore
This collection includes 107 poems by the following poets:
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Kim Addonizio
Kelli Russell Agodon Susan Aizenberg Nin Andrews Wendy Barker Tony Barnstone Tina Barry Ellen Bass Michele Battiste Jane Beal Jan Beatty Jeanne Marie Beaumont Margo Berdeshevsky Jacqueline Berger Michelle Bitting Julie Bloemeke Laure-Anne Bosselaar Elya Braden Jason Lee Brown Kurt Brown Debra Bruce Jennifer Burd Elena Karina Byrne Lauren Camp Neil Carpathios Robin Rosen Chang Amanda Chiado Christopher Citro Patricia Clark Cathryn Cofell Geraldine Connolly Jackie Craven Jim Daniels Jessica de Koninck Maureen Doallas Lynn Domina |
Caitlin Doyle
Denise Duhamel Jane Ebihara Alexis Rhone Fancher Ann Fisher-Wirth Alice Friman Deborah Gerrish Ona Gritz Bruce Guernsey Tami Haaland Jared Harel Jeffrey Harrison Hunt Hawkins Shayla Hawkins Karen Paul Holmes John Hoppenthaler Karla Huston Gray Jacobik Richard Jones Allison Joseph Tina Kelley Adele Kenny Claire Keyes David Kirby Lynne Knight Danusha Laméris Lance Larsen Dorianne Laux Jenifer Browne Lawrence Lynn Levin Jeffrey Levine Katharyn Howd Machan Marjorie Maddox Jennifer Maier Charlotte Mandel |
Kelly McQuain
Natasha Moni Ruth Mota Peter E. Murphy Dion O’Reilly Amy Pence Paulann Petersen John Poch Andrea Potos Wanda Praisner Christine Rhein Susan Rich Susanna Rich Katherine Riegel Kenneth Ronkowitz Dan Rosenberg Susan Rothbard Leigh Camacho Rourks Rajwant Saghera Nicholas Samaras Tim Seibles Ron Smith Christine Stewart-Nunez Marilyn L. Taylor J. C. Todd Sharon Tracey William Trowbridge David Vincenti Charles Harper Webb Scott Wiggerman Terence Winch Cecilia Woloch Baron Wormser Robert Wrigley Michael T. Young Yvonne Zipter |