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Books by Our Members

We are pleased to provide a partial listing of book publications by our Members. We have also indicated which books are still available and where you can obtain them. We are continually expanding this list as Members provide information about new publications.

 

Paul Buchheit

Sonnets of Love and Joy
Author: Paul Buchheit
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Publication Date: 08/15/23
ISBN: 978-1-63980-363-7Price: $23.00

Summary: Sonnets of Love and Joy is a collection of sixty sonnets, most of them in Shakespearean form, organized into sections on love, family and friendship, nature, seasons, and the joy of being a child.

Available for purchase on Amazon.com and Kelsay Books.com.

Reviews: 
https://booksbypaulb.com/#SonnetsLoveJoy

Trailer (YouTube): https://youtu.be/shDjKRy9JxY

Mardelle Fortier
 

White Fire: for Olympic Skaters, 
Finishing Line Press.

Kathryn P. Haydon 


Unsalted Blue Sunrise: Poems of Lake Michigan, a collection of poems written from the same spot on the bluffs overlooking the lake over the course of a year. This book will awaken your deep soul thinking and change the way you see the nature around you.

Prairie Cloud Press, 2023
Available directly from the author with an inscription or from Amazon and your local bookshop.

Mark Hudson
 

Road Trip, self-published. Contact the author to purchase

Grub Street, self-published. Contact the author to purchase

Caroline Johnson
 

The Caregiver (Holy Cow! Press, 2018), a full-length collection by P&P president Caroline Johnson inspired by years of family caregiving. Available on Amazon or Holy Cow! Press website

Where the Street Ends, Jupiter Publishing. Willow Springs, IL, 60480. 2010. To request a copy of the book, contact the author.

My Mother’s Artwork. Jupiter Publishing.  Willow Springs, IL, 60480. 2011. To request a copy of the book, contact the author.

James Green

Long Journey Home
Available on Amazon

Stations of the Cross, https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/stations-of-the-cross-by-james-e-green/

Barely Still, Barely Stirring, https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/barely-still-barely-stirring-by-james-green/ Also available on Amazon

The Color of Prayer: Poem on Rembrandt Painting the Bible, http://www.shantiarts.co/uploads/files/ghi/
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Also available on Amazon

Lynda La Rocca

Unbroken, her latest collection can be ordered through Kelsaybooks.com, Amazon, or directly from the author at $20.00 per copy (including tax and postage). Please indicate if you want the copy inscribed and to whom. 

Lynda La Rocca
217 Park Ave., Salida, CO  81201

Phone: 719-207-4201
Email: llsv1214@outlook.com      

Wilda Morris
 

Szechwan Shrimp & Fortune Cookies: Poems from a Chinese Restaurant (Rockford, IL: Rockford Writers Guild, 2008). To purchase the book, please email.

Pequod Poems: Gamming with Moby-Dick (Kelsay Books, 2019) (Available from the publisher and on Amazon.com).

Erin o’Bryen

The Place Where I Live: Poems
by Erin O'Bryen
Erin O’Bryen’s first collection of poetry is available on Amazon.com and
Barnes & Noble

Donna Pucciani


To Sip Darjeeling at Dawn, Virtual Artists Collective, Chicago 2011. (Available from the publisher, or through Abe Books, Powells.com, Barnes & Noble.com, and Amazon).

Chasing the Saints, Virtual Artists’ Collective, 2008. (available through Powells, AbeBooks, your local independent bookseller, or Barnes & Noble)

Jumping Off the Train, Orchard House Press, Washington State 2007 (Available from Amazon and orchardhousepress.com)

The Other Side of Thunder, Flarestack Publishing, 2006 (8 Abbot's Way, Pilton, Somerset, England BA4 4BN)

Jenene Ravesloot


In Sliders, finely etched characters
and charged noir scenes make this an intriguing read.

Sliders is available for purchase by contacting the author ravjenop@yahoo.com

Beth Staas

Beside the Golden Door is the story of one family, five of whom immigrate from
Germany to America, alternating with the three members remaining behind. It goes from the late 1920s to the end of World War II, describing the experiences of those buffeted by powers and politics barely understood. (Qualified Press, 2012), available at Amazon.com 

Curt Vevang

The Prince and The Elf, a rhyming, humorous children’s book with a message to Think For Yourself. @Amazon 2014

The Prince, and The Elf Too, also a rhyming, humorous children’s book stressing the importance of treating others as you would like to be treated. @Amazon 2014

a scant bagatelle, a collection of 51 poems providing a wry look at reality as well as a deeper message. @Amazon 2016

the nature of things, humorous, philosophical poetry and essays including many depicting growing up in Chicago. @Amazon 2017

poetry as we like it, a collection of 47 poems, including many that have won awards, some humorous, some rhyming and most previously unpublished. @Amazon 2020

R. G. Ziemer

The Ghost of Jamie McVay by R. G. Ziemer

"...a ghost story of revenge and redemption that pulls you in from the opening sentence…”

Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble.com, and other book stores. Purchase direct from the author: https://rgziemer.com