Houston: Press
Release – For immediate release April 2, 2017. Saint Julian Press proudly
presents a new collection of poems by Elaine Fletcher Chapman, which will be
available on May 11, 2017 through fine book distributors and retailers.
Praise for HUNGER FOR SALT
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“The poems of
Elaine Fletcher Chapman are meditations waiting for our eyes to open. A few of
these poems remind me of the beautiful seashells one finds on the beach after a
storm. Chapman writes from the heart reminding us to discover the strength to love.
There is loss as well as celebration in Hunger for Salt. Here are poems
Thomas Merton would tuck somewhere inside his robes. Here is the Chapman rosary
for our days to come.” ~ E.
Ethelbert Miller Editor, Poet Lore Magazine “In Elaine Fletcher Chapman’s Hunger
for Salt, the hunger is palpable: for the natural world, the spiritual
world, and the realm of the carnal. These powerful, well-crafted poems invite
the reader into the place where these worlds meet. There is an intimacy here
missing from much contemporary poetry, and intimacy is what drew me in until my
hunger, like salt, dissolved.” ~ Wyn Cooper “Hunger for
Salt is a tender evocation of the natural world. Chapman displays a poet's
sensibility, a quiet attentiveness to personal wonder, intimacy and grief. The
stillness of these poems exposes the refractive quality of memory and desire;
it is a poignant and elegant debut.” ~ J. Mae
Barizo |
Elaine Fletcher Chapman (formerly Elaine Walters McFerron)
lives on the West side of the Chesapeake Bay. She holds an MFA from The
Bennington Writing Seminars, Bennington College where she has worked on the
staff since 1999. She founded The Writer’s Studio where she teaches poetry and
nonfiction, provides editing services and organizes poetry readings and writing
retreats. Her poems have been published in The Tishman
Review, The EcoTheo Review, The
Cortland Review, Connotation, The Sun, Calyx, Poet
Lore, 5AM, Salamander, and others. She was guest blogger on The
Best American Poetry Blog. Green River Press published her letterpress
chapbook, Double Solitude. She writes nonfiction as well as poetry.
For
further inquiry: http://www.elainefletcherchapman.com
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BRIOCHE, LATE OCTOBER Only days ago we sighted three bald eagles and six blue herons in the marsh. Sat for a time by the ocean. It seems indulgent to want more. I mixed the flour, eggs and warm milk. Kneaded the dough. Let rise in the warmest room, then braided and brushed with raw egg. Sprinkled raw sugar. I’ve lost confidence. For months, weighing each decision. The late afternoon light lent itself like an elixir. A promise kept. |
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ANOTHER SPRING Perhaps the stale grass seed sprouted in uneven patches, random yet patterned. The dead branches cut in early winter, an unlit funeral pyre on the ivy. April passes into May. Pollen filters a steadfast transition of early afternoon light. How sweet familiarity is. The fallen cherry blossoms gather a swarm of bees. Another added year since my mother’s death. One pink snapdragon in a small jar on the window sill bends toward the divine. |
THE NORTH END At first I thought myself exiled. Homeless, passing through the seasons of that first year. I considered the weightlessness of lost belongings. Sand and light, a way of life. Weather. A dear friend said, sometimes I feel connected to the earth by a very thin thread. I considered Blake, then Stafford. What holds me to this place? Simple. Basho’s words: gate, interior, swept. |
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& Noble ~ Fine Book Distributors & Retailers
Hunger for Salt by
Elaine Fletcher Chapman * ISBN-13: 978-0-9986404-1-9 *
ISBN 10: 0-9986404-1-7
Saint Julian
Press, Inc. * 2053 Cortlandt, Suite 200 * Houston, TX 77008 * Ron
Starbuck ~ Publisher-CEO
Phone: 281-734-8721 * Email: ronstarbuck@saintjulianpress.com * www.saintjulianpress.com
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