Blue Edge Books Poetry Reading on Zoom
Please join us May 16 , 2024, 5:30 MT/7:30 ET to celebrate Blue Edge Books’ publication of Thanks for Stopping By by Miriam Sagan. Miriam will read with Kay Cosgrove, author of Anybody Home? (Blue Edge Books, 2023).
Interview with Miriam Sagan
“Every day I write is like living an extra day.” Miriam Sagan, author of Thanks for Stopping By, discusses how poetry and life experience each other with Blue Edge Books’ publisher, Kathleen Lee.
New Poetry from Award-winning Poet, Kay Cosgrove
The poems in Kay Cosgrove’s first collection, Anybody Home? are shaped by curiosity—about herself, the world, and her place in it. Witty and elegantly restrained, they ask the question: How do we live the lives we’ve made for ourselves?
Upcoming Events for Poet Kay Cosgrove
Blue Edge Books is excited to announce the book launch for Kay Cosgrove’s first book of poetry, Anybody Home? on Wednesday, August 23 at 7 PM at booked. in Chestnut Hill, PA.
A Poem Holds Everything
Poetry, says Kay Cosgrove, “values the mundane. It is democratic. It is full of contradictions.” In an interview with Blue Edge Books, Cosgrove talks about poetry in America. “American poetry today shows its fingerprints. It is not presented as flawless…”
Must Read Poetry Book Award
Blue Edge Books is very pleased to announce that On the Mercy Me Planet, by Maya Janson, is a Must Read Poetry book for the 2023 Massachusetts Book Awards.
Lyrical Poems of Grace and Distinction
In Woman with a Tree on her Head, Patricia Corbus writes about the troubled beauty of the world and human life in this lyrical collection of grace and distinction. Sly and funny, a little baroque, a little surreal, accepting and generous, her poems spark with surprises.
Blue Edge Books Poetry Reading via Zoom
Celebrate the publication of Woman with a Tree on her Head by Patricia Corbus on June 4, 2023 with Maya Janson, author of On the Mercy Me Planet.
On Alligators & Sea Shells: An Interview with Patricia Corbus
“For me, poetry is a pang, a cry. In a roomful of cats it’s the dog. In a roomful of dogs it’s the cat. A scarlet ibis. Anything anti-gravity. A flying machine. A radiance that pierces and spreads. The vanishing point.”
Poetry Book Review: Maya Janson
The poems in On the Mercy Me Planet are the work of a mature poet at the top of her game. Review from the Santa Fe New Mexican.
3 Questions for Maya Janson
Interviewed by Miriam Sagan at Miriam's Well Blog, Maya writes, "My relationship to the line is largely intuitive, which requires that I feel my way through the poem, trying to look and listen in order to know what’s called for."
Blue Edge Books Publisher Interview
“I regard Blue Edge Books as a kind of donation to poetry, and if the endeavor absorbs and entertains me, I’ll consider myself lucky.” Interviewed by Miriam Sagan at Miriam's Well Blog.
Press Release: Maya Janson
Maya Janson’s newest poetry release from Blue Edge Books ponders the fleeting, confounding, mysterious nature of life. On the Mercy Me Planet is available at bookstores, on Amazon, and online at Itasca Books. To schedule an author interview or reading, CONTACT: bluedgebooks@gmail.com.
Reading & Book Signing
June 3, 2022, 7:00 PM ET Join Maya Janson for a reading of her new book, On the Mercy Me Planet at A.P.E Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton, MA.
Zoom Press & Book Launch
July 18, 2022, from 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET Celebrate the inaugural poetry collection from Blue Edge Books: Maya Janson's On the Mercy Me Planet. At this Zoom event, publisher Kathleen Lee presents Maya and poet Kay Cosgrove in an hour of poetry. By-invitation with Blue Edge Books.