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  Richard Newman and his sidekick Otis.
  

Coming in 2009: Domestic Fugues

Ever since Borrowed Towns, Richard has been trying his hardest to make a new book of poems. Domestic Fugues, chosen by Steel Toe Books, will appear this fall.

Richard's tops in St. Louis
The Riverfront Times named Richard "Best Local Poet" in the Arts and Entertainment category, home also to "Best Hair on a Local TV Personality" and "Best Art Gallery to Die in the Past Year." Find out why.

How a poem happens
Richard is interviewed on the How a Poem Happens blog about his poem "Ash."

Richard Newman is the author of the poetry collection Borrowed Towns (Word Press, 2005), as well as several chapbooks. Read more about Richard Newman.

 
         
 

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Order Borrowed Towns today

Poet Richard Newman's first full-length collection, Borrowed Towns, is available from Word Press. Read some excerpts and reviews.

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from "Crossing Schlensker Ditch"

Between Schlensker Ditch and Bosch Ditch
On 41 South, between brown fields, where
in North by Northwest the crop duster chased
Cary Grant over brittle corn stubble,
where rusty fences slouch drunkenly
into a gray horizon, a scrawl of trees—
home is a land that offers no return.
 
     
             
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