It was an enormous task to create an anthology, with an open call and eight editors, in 6 weeks, but we did it. Winter in America (Again rightly takes its cue from Gil Scott-Heron and responds without vitriol (mostly) to the November 2024 U.S. Presidential election. Readings are being booked for the anthology and it will be available for purchase here.
Creating this book was the idea of Katie Sarah Zale, who is working on a biography of Sam Hamill and facilitating a workshop on Sam Hamill starting February 8: https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/sam-hamills-narrow-road-to-the-interior/ Katie asked herself the question What Would Sam Do? after the election and decided an anthology would be the best response, and one that comes from a deeper place than “F Trump.”
That our process of selection of participating poets saw some of the same raw energy and division of our current political climate is important to note, as is the fact that we seem to have come through it without any hard feelings or broken friendships.
For me the key is to take positive action, don’t become stuck in your anger and act locally. This is, of course good advice for anything, but seems especially critical now as numerous crises bear down on us and test our psychic mettle.
I hope this book creates some of the positive juju we need in the world right now. Huge thanks to Katie, Roberta Hoffman for the brilliant cover, Jasper Hoffman for the amazing cover image, the publisher Greg Bem and my co-editors who worked their asses off to make this happen so quickly.
Winter in America (Again
Poets Respond to the 2024 Election – Anthology
Launch events and online readings
Join us to mark the publication of the anthology, Winter in America (Again, with readings from many of the contributing poets listed below.
Sunday, January 19, 2025
11 am to 1 pm, Pacific time
Zoom link available by emailing Paul E Nelson
Or: Visit this website the day of the event for a link to the live online program: https://gregbem.com/carbonation-press-events/
Monday, January 20, 2025
5 pm to 7 pm, Pacific time
Zoom link available by emailing Paul E Nelson
Or: Visit this website the day of the event for a link to the live online program: https://gregbem.com/carbonation-press-events/
Readings Produced by the publisher, Carbonation Press
https://gregbem.com/carbonation-press-events/
Tuesday, February 4, 2024, 7pm Sinegal 110 at Seattle U, Paul E Nelson, Jason Wirth, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Catalina Cantú, Zach Charles and other local readers share their work from the book and thoughts about November 5. If you are a local contributor to the book, you are welcome to read. Contact me.
Stay tuned for future in-person readings pending in Los Angeles, Seattle, New York over the next months (etc….)
Editors
Katie Sarah Zale
Paul E. Nelson
allia abdullah-matta
Gabriella Gutiérrez Y Muhs
Robert Lashley
Roxi Power
CChristy White
Theresa Whitehill
Contributors:
allia abdullah-matta
Nathalie Anderson
Keisha-Gaye Anderson
Cassandra Atherton & Paul Hetherington
Deborah Bacharach
Kay Bell
Greg Bem
Byron Beynon
Alex Bleecker
Kim Brandon
Lisa Breaky
Robert Bringhurst
Julian Talamentez Brolaski
Mari Brown
Cherie Brown
Julie Bruck
Brad Buchanan
Nina Burokas
Lollie Butler
Terran Campbell
Catalina Cantu
Grace Cavalieri
Dane Cervine
Zachary Charles
Maxine Chernoff
Julia Chiapella
CAConrad
Matthew Cooperman
Deborah Corr
MTC Cronin
Roderick Deacey
Jim Dott
Susanne Dyckman
Joy Dubé
Veronica Eldredge
Martín Espada
Gloria Frym
Charles Goodrich
Lea Graham
Ann Graham-Walker
Lisa Grunberger
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs
Kwaneta Harris
David Hellman
Brenda Hillman
Cynthia Hogue
Alicia Hokanson
Paul Hoover
JP Howard
Sean Howard
Judith Hoyer
Holly Hughes
Chyrel Jackson
W. Luther Jett
Stacey Jones
Aby Kaupang
Petra Kuppers
Robert Lashley
Bill Lavender
Scott Lawrance
Daniel W.K. Lee
David Lee
Rob Lewis
Anna Odessa Linzer
Dana Teen Lomax
Sandra Luber
John Maney
Cynthia Manick
Daphne Marlatt
Maria Masington
Lorin Medley
Joyce Meyers
Susan Miller
Lowell Murphree
David Navarro
Paul E. Nelson
M.A. Nicholson
Steven Nolan
Mark Nowak
William O’Daly
Dion O’Reilly
Faith Paulsen
Jennifer M Phillips
Roxi Power
Angelica Recierdo
Elizabeth Robinson
Kit Robinson
Andrew Schelling
Mark Scroggins
Hilary Sideris
Richard Smyth
Monique Soria
Carla Stein
Chris Stroffolino
David Sullivan
Sharon Suzuki-Martinez
Cheryl Boyce Taylor
Rodrigo Toscano
Matt Trease
Marc Vincenz
Fred Wah
Theresa Whitehill
Nicole Yurcaba
Katie Sarah Zale
Aida Zilelian
Jason Wirth