Ice Cube Press Books

$19.99 | 198 pgs | Isbn 9781888160482 | Richard DeGowin “In his memoir, Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain writes: ‘The Mississippi is well worth reading about. It is not a commonplace river, but on the contrary is in all ways remarkable.’ In this memoir, the author presents us with a book well worth reading. […]

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Isbn 9781888160314, 338pgs. Releasing September 23, 2017 Pre-order Now. Early orders will receive signed copies. Imagine a combination of THE LOVELY BONES and THE PRINCE OF TIDES. You then have Larry Baker’s FROM A DISTANCE. Bobby Beaumont is a dying man with a secret. Her name is Ellie. She has been his secret for over […]

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9781888160235, 82p, June, 2017 Order direct with fast delivery Hear more on WVIK NPR radio show Scribble Upcoming Performances: 29 June 2017 – Performance at Rock Island Library (MWC), 6:00 PM 14 July 2017 – Performance at Eat My words, St Paul, MN, 7:00PM w/ poets Wendy Baez & Eric Tu 18 July 2017 – […]

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Preorder your copy today. A poetry collection on the harsh and beautiful northern Midwestern environment and the sturdily pragmatic, yet bizarrely idealistic people, it produces. However, it is not only this. Cold Songs is about the permeability of the human soul how we bleed into the world and other people and how the environment and […]

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This collection of poems reflects my day dreams. Many of them reference my childhood thoughts and wishes. The intention has been to write poems which are personal in nature, yet have universal themes such as love, loss, wonder, and joy. “Armstrong marries universal emotion, personal narrative, and clear language to create an evocative whole.”—Fran Baker, […]

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