In Bold Blackness: Selections - by Jami Tillis (CC#52)

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This chapbook, a selection of 14 poems from Jami Tillis' In Bold Blackness series, is 18 pages, 8.5 x 5.5", lovingly handbound with top quality off-cream card stock, black endpapers and white paper.  The cover art is a detail of an Edward McKnight Kauffer illustration in the Borzoi Poe, as photographed by Steven Smith.  Poems include "Couldn't Sleep," "This Is Gonna Hurt Me," "Cancer," I Should've Known Better," "Where's That Dress?," "If These Walls Could Talk," "Hotels," "Ode to Hip Hop" and more.  Laser printed.  ISBN: 978-1-940996-04-2.  Approximately 60 copies in print. Published 31 January 2014.

In Bold Blackness: Selections by Jami Tillis is available for $5 from Crisis Chronicles Press, 535 Parkside Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44143 USA.
 

 

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Jami Tillis

About the author:
My name is Jami Tillis. I am 24 years old. I graduated from Northeastern Illinois University in May 2012. My field of study is Secondary Education with a concentration in English and history. In college, I belonged to a variety of groups—Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society, and Pi Alpha Theta History Honors Society.

I have a 6 year old daughter named Chayse who is my current inspiration for writing. All of my poetry and other written works are derived from real life experiences that I have witnessed and survived before and after she came along.

I am currently living in Chicago and working as a 5th and 6th grade Reading and Writing teacher in Chicago Public Schools.

Queen of Dorksville - by Leah Mueller (CC#34)

cover photo by Leah Mueller, text added by JB

Crisis Chronicles Press is tingling with excitement over the publication of Queen of Dorksville, a chapbook by Leah Mueller, available in October 2012. 32 pages of poetry and prose handbound with joy and care, Queen of Dorksville is saddle stitched using white cardstock, pale purple soda construction paper and white pages. 8.5 x 5.5", inkjet printed.  Contents include the title poem, "Maternal Advice," "Thrill-seeker," "Not Quite the King of Comedy," "Astrology 101," "Election Night," "Talking to the Dead on Television," "Security Guard," "Photo Gallery 1983," "Word Salad," "Vultures," "Selling Flowers on the Honor System," and "The Clown Chronicles."

Available for $7 from Crisis Chronicles Press, 535 Parkside Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44143 USA.

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Leah Mueller has been writing poetry for as long as she can remember.  From 1996-2001, she was co-host of the popular open mike "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" in Tacoma, Washington, which was featured numerous times at Tacoma's annual First Night celebration.  She has appeared at countless open mikes and featured reader gigs, and was the poetry slam winner at the International Women’s Day event in Portland, Oregon, in 2004.  Leah divides her time between Chicago, IL and the Pacific Northwest, having considerable trouble determining which of the two is really home.