The
Other Voices International Project
Publication Announcements
Award winning poet Sheema Kalbasi's first book of poems in English,
Echoes in Exile is now available and may be purchased from Amazon:
Sheema Kalbasi’s poems speak of love, loss,
and life in exile. They are the poems of a human rights activist passionate
with the hope of peace. Kalbasi’s poetry exposes the deep heart
of a woman who is compassionate with suffering and full of the joy
of life, of the innocence of a child, the knowledge of a woman, the
aspirations of a peacemaker. These are stirring poems with a worldly
view, both accessible and imaginative. They make an excellent cross-cultural
exchange that demonstrates our universal humanity.
- Daniela Gioseffi, American book award winning author of WOMEN ON
WAR: INTERNATIONAL WRITINGS.
Visit the Echoes in Exile Website for more information: http://www.echoesinexile.com.
Cyclamens And Swords And Other Poems About The Land Of Israel by Helen Bar-Lev & Johnmichael Simon
The achingly beautiful cover of timeless trees, earth, flowers and rock, is redolent of Israel’s destiny. This little land, so hallowed in human history, seems the literary and spiritual core of existence to most of humanity. If strife is ever present here, how can there ever be the peace of ancient promise? This land seems to symbolize the eternal quest for harmony where forces of turmoil march ceaselessly. Bar-Lev and Simon explore this theme for us. Cyclamens and Swords will become a treasured classic, echoing as it does so fluently, the longing, fearing and questing that marks these troubled times. Helen Bar-Lev’s poem Beauty sums up the reader’s feelings as we reluctantly finish this special book: “and I,/the ingrate,/ ever insatiable,/implore you,/please,/ show/ me/more.” Katherine L. Gordon Author, Editor, Publisher, Judge and Reviewer, Resident Columnist for Ancient Heart Magazine.
Available at http://www.lulu.com/content/641799
Harvest International is an annual arts and literature magazine produced by the English and Foreign Languages Department at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. The goal of the publication is to create a true literary circle of international writers and artists of all ages.
The 2006 issue was released on November 30, 2006. The English Department is now taking orders for $26.00 US. To order please contact Jennifer Maldonado at jnmaldonado.harvest@gmail.com or Professor Barbara Gill-Mayberry at bigillmayberry@yahoo.com.
This year's issue includes the Other Voices poets: An'ya, Mike Austin, Unomah N. Azuah, Francisco Azuela, Helen Bar-Lev, Kimberly Blaeser, Pat Boran, Mahmoud Darwish, Leila Farjami, Humberto Garza, Maria Haeri, Nathalie Handal, Negar-Hasn Zedah, Alamgir Hashmi, Roger Humes, Sheema Kalbasi, Christopher Kelen, Chungmi Kim, Luis A. Lopez, Tiffany Midge, Vernon Joseph Montoya, MariJo Moore, Ike Muila, Siphiwe Ka Ngwenya, -jm, Mario Petrucci, Janet Marie Rogers, Dee Rimbaud, Renée Sigel, Johhmichael Simon, Teresia Teaiwa, Heng Siok Tian, Tenzin Tsundue, Zdravka Vladova-Momcheva and the 441 Grammar School of St. Petersburg, Russia, and more.
Prizes
won by Other Voices Poets:
International
Poetry Prize - Sheema Kalbasi
Steven Wylie Poetry Prize - Vernon Montoya
Spanish Poetry Prize - Francisco Azuela