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Richard Newman: poet, editor, etc.

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

 

River Styx keeps on rolling

Richard Newman has spent the past thirteen years working to keep St. Louis' oldest literary magazine alive. It has not been an easy task. "Literature and poetry are never going to have a huge audience," concedes the 41-year-old editor of River Styx. "We're not in the checkout aisle of the grocery store — not that I expect that, but it would be fun." Read the rest of the article.

Darn poems still earning their keep

New chapbook released
Order your copy of 24 Tall Boys: Dark Verse for Light Times today!

Making the dean's list
Borrowed Towns named one of Kansas City Star’s 100 noteworthy books of 2005.

The Writer's Almanac
Garrison Keillor featured Richard's poem "Fireflies," from Borrowed Towns, on The Writer's Almanac on May 22, 2006.

American Life in Poetry
Richard's poem "Coins" was featured recently in U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's "American Life in Poetry" column.

Best American Poetry
Richard's poem "Briefcase of Sorrow" has been picked by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins for inclusion in Best American Poetry 2006.

Poems featured on Poetry Daily and Verse Daily
"Grampa's Liquor Bottles" was featured on Poetry Daily. "Bless Their Hearts" and "Home" were featured on Verse Daily.

  
       
     
   

Praise for Borrowed Towns

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

"... Newman's plain-spoken, poetic speech delivers far more than barnyard tales and half-deserted towns, typically with an insightful, sophisticated design that is transcendent and hard to forget." [Read the review]

From the Kansas City Star:

"You never know whether Newman is going to creep you out, provoke a thought or make you laugh, and, indeed, one of his key goals was to surprise." [Read the article]

 
         
 

Borrowed Towns

    
   

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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