Wine for a Shotgun(1st Edition) by MartyMcconnell Paperback, 70 Pages, Published 2012 by Em Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-9850946-2-1, ISBN: 0-9850946-2-1
"Marty McConnell s Wine for a Shotgun is a collection of rock and roll epistles written from the interior mind to the harlequin citizens of the multiverse. All our static notions of man-woman, eros and mathematics are undone and remade into these boisterous, gutsy, and loving poems. I get the sense McConnell might put her poetic fist through glass and steel if there were a heart worth touching on the other side. It s about time this book ..."
Gathering Voices Creating a Community-Based Workshop by MartyMcconnell Paperback, 188 Pages, Published 2018 by Yesyes Books ISBN-13: 978-1-936919-56-7, ISBN: 1-936919-56-7
"Poetry. Writing. Pedagogy. Would you like a blueprint for running successful workshops? Are you looking for innovative and interactive writing prompts? How about exercises specifically designed for poems by some of our most exciting contemporary voices?Marty McConnell offers start-to-finish instructions along with a grounding in the GATHERING VOICES approach for both aspiring and seasoned facilitators who want to establish or invigorate ..."
"Poetry. Women's Studies. LGBTQIA Studies. Winner of the 2017 Michael Waters Poetry Prize. What does it mean to be bodied in such a way that one is simultaneously weapon and target? To exist within a species tipping toward extinction? How do we navigate the landscape of our own damage, received and inflicted, in such a way as to move through individual survival and into a common joy? The gift and the trap of the human body and its attach ..."
"This is an anthology of poems in the Age of Trump—and much more than Trump. These are poems that either embody or express a sense of empathy or outrage, both prior to and following his election, since it is empathy the president lacks and outrage he provokes. There is an extraordinary diversity of voices here. The ninety-three poets featured include Elizabeth Alexander, Julia Alvarez, Richard Blanco, Carolyn Forché, Aracelis Girmay, Don ..."
"A collection of poems from John "Survivor" Blake on addiction, the will to survive, and, if you will, rebirth. In her foreword to the book, Marty McConnell tells us Beautifully Flawed is dangerous, and that "...it dares to say what it means all of the time, and it's rarely pretty. It's imperfect at times, flawed, as the title tells us. And it is, in places, transcendent. Also, it is unflinchingly true and real, and this I will take over ..."