KUDOS FOR CONFESSIONS OF A BAREFACED WOMAN
Confessions of a Barefaced Woman, Allison Joseph, Red Hen Press: Strung together, these barefaced poems form a joyous deliberation on modern life. Part memoir, part inquiry, part humorous aside, this book expertly navigates the complicated terrain of midlife, womanhood, and the African American experience. These poems follow the poet from her first concert and adolescent confessions to ruminations on why men whistle, the vagina business, and beyond, but they also ask the reader to confront their own assumptions and suggests at almost every turn that one should reconsider before giving way to regret. (judges' statement, Eric Hoffer Book Awards) --Second Place, Poetry Category, 2019 CIPA EVVY Awards --Finalist, American Fiction Awards, Poetry: General Category --Finalist in Poetry, Colorado Independent Publishers Association EVVY Awards -- 2019 Winner, Poetry Category, International Book Awards --2019 Human Relations Cultural Awareness Book of the Year, Human Relations Indie Book Awards --Gold Winner, Diversity Poetry Category, Human Relations Indie Book Awards, --Finalist, Poetry Category, National Indie Excellence Awards --Finalist, Poetry Category, Next Generation Indie Book Awards --Honorable Mention, Poetry Category, Eric Hoffer Book Awards --NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winner for Winter 2019, a Best Book in the Category of Poetry --Winner, 2019 Independent Press Award in Poetry --poem ("Flirtation") from Confessions of a Barefaced Woman reprinted in the Sunday New York Times Magazine, May 5, 2019 --on Grand Prize Short List for Eric Hoffer Book Awards --finalist, Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award, Binghamton University --longlist finalist for the Julie Suk Award (Jacar Press) --First Place/Gold Medal, Poetry category, Feathered Quill Book Awards --Eric Hoffer Book Awards, finalist for the DaVinci Eye and the Montaigne Medal --finalist, Paterson Poetry Prize, the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College --one of five nominated books for the 2019 NAACP Image Award In Poetry (Outstanding Literary Work: Poetry category) KUDOS FOR CORPORAL MUSE Corporal Muse, Allison E. Joseph, Sibling Rivalry Press Joseph does not obfuscate, yet delivers a classic poet’s chapbook, if such a thing exists. She’s learned to leave out the parts that other people skip, skimming instead into all that matters to her but lets you make sense of it. There are gem stars in this constellation. (judges' statement, Hoffer Awards) --Winner, American Fiction Awards, Poetry Chapbook category --First-Runner Up, Chapbook Category, Eric Hoffer Book Awards --on Grand Prize Short List for Eric Hoffer Book Awards --Winner, Small Books Category, 2019 Independent Press Award |