New and now pre-released from Able Muse Press --

Congrats to Jeredith Merrin for her new book -- a special honoree for the 2013 Able Muse Book Award, as selected by final judge, X.J. Kennedy:
Cup
-- "In these forthright and moving poems written in restrained, disciplined stanzas, the stories are told of how we each, “trying to make it better,/ whatever . . . it is,” have to...

New and now pre-released from Able Muse Press --

Congrats to Richard Newman for his new book:
All the Wasted Beauty of the World
-- "All the Wasted Beauty of the World returns us to the real and, consequently, the new by putting on the brakes and asking us to look, if only briefly, beyond our rear-views." —Dorianne Laux

And congrats to Chelsea Woodard for her...

Dear Eratosphereans:

I'm pleased to announce that This Bed Our Bodies Shaped, a 2011 Able Muse Book Award finalist, and the second full-length collection from our very own April Lindner has been released by Able Muse Press and is immediately available worldwide through Amazon, Barnes & Nobles and most popular distribution and retail channels here (ISBN 978-0-9878705-9-9). Or, just go to April's website, www.aprillindner.com, or the Able Muse Press website, www.ablemusepress.com.

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Dear Eratosphereans:

I'm pleased to announce that Sailing to Babylon, the first full-length collection from James Pollock has been released by Able Muse Press and is immediately available worldwide through Amazon, Barnes & Nobles and most popular distribution and retail channels here (ISBN 978-0-9865338-7-7). Or, just go to James's website, www.james-pollock.com, or the Able Muse Press website, www.ablemusepress.com. Besides the traditional print edition, an Amazon Kindle and

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Dear Eratosphereans,

I'd hoped that a reminder will no longer be necessary -- between the more visible sponsor/support icon on the right hand panel of most Eratosphere pages, and the sticky posts to that effect in this forum and the other conversation forums. But it hasn't worked out that way . . . yet.

Anyhow, support remains voluntary as before. Thanks to the few were able to respond and assist! To keep this as brief as possible, I won't rehash all the reasons already...