Cincinnati poet and former Poet Laureate of Cincinnati Manuel Iris has received a Gold Medal at the International Latino Book Awards for his bilingual poetry collection The Whole Earth Is a Garden of Monsters / Toda la tierra es un jardín de monstruos. The award recognizes the collection in the category for a bilingual poetry... Continue Reading →
Celebrate April Poetry Month with a Local Poet
By Chris Weber Local poet and attorney Alissa Sammarco’s new poetry book The Waiting Room, will be released this spring. I had the opportunity to ask her a few questions about her desire to write. Her answers follow. Why do you write poetry? "Poetry is an expression of what is hidden below my surface. I... Continue Reading →
