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I'm happy to share this press for How Many Hands to Home!

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• ​Full-page profile in The Berkshire Eagle

• Review published in The Berkshire Edge​

• Review published in Only Poems​

• Endorsement on the International Psycholanalysis website

• Midwest Book Reviews selected the book as one of its recommended books in its February 2025 Small Press Bookwatch newsletter

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My thanks to Jennifer Huberdeau, Colin Harrington, John Bellinger, Irene Willis and the folks at Midwest Book Reviews!

Please enjoy these two audio files! 

First, here is the online launch evernt for How Many Hands to Home -- a wide-ranging conversation with Justen Ahren about the book, interspersed with readings of poems.

And second, enjoy this podcast I recorded recently with John Gillespie and fellow poet Robin Scofield. It's part of a series called "Two Poems – Two Poets”.  The shows are one hour in length, with each poet examining one of their poems with a poetry partner.  Robin selected my poem "Remix: The Paper Brigade" (from How Many Hands to Home) to discuss for the first half of the show. For the second half, I chose her poem "Small Pools in a Dry Río Grande" (from her most recent book, Ridge of High Pressure). We had a lot of fun and I think you'll find it interesting! 

I'm thrilled to announce that "In the Beginning" (the opening poem in How Many Hands to Home) has just been nominated by The Comstock Review for a 2024 Pushcart Prize! This is my fourth Pushcart nomination. Now How Many Hands to Home both begins and ends with a nominee! Many thanks to the editors of The Comstock Review for this recognition.

You can read more about the Pushcart Prize at this link.