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November 9, 2015
BOOK REVIEWERS WANTED for j. d. may’s “The Sun Born Over” (Women’s Fiction)
FREE advanced copy of j. d. may’s The Sun Born Over (Von Reuth Publishing, culver & venice, November 15, 2015) in exchange for an honest review!
DESCRIPTION: All her life, Chicago-born Vay Jones wished for nothing more than to live in Three Oaks, a charming West Country homestead turned artist commune where she spent all her summers. Three Oaks is also the childhood home of Alan Mackenzie, one of Vay’s closest friends.
What started as “just friends” ended up being far more in their teens, until one fateful afternoon separated Alan and Vay completely. Haunted by their summers together ever after, both try their best to move on. Over the years, their paths cross repeatedly, inevitably disrupting their attempts to build adult lives independent from their past. An unexpected encounter finally forces them to reconsider what they know and remember about Three Oaks and each other.
How do Vay, an urban romantic brimming with genuine interest and optimism, and Alan, sarcastic and inscrutable, keep themselves from a past that is often far too present? Is there really such a thing as a love that lasts, possibly forever?
A beautiful novel of how innocence turns into experience, The Sun Born Over is a tale of love and loss that warms and breaks the heart. A truly unputdownable, wonderful read.
AUTHOR BIO: j. d. may grew up on three different continents and has a degree in English Literature, which, she is happy to say, made her love reading and writing even more. When she isn’t traveling the world, j. d. works in higher education, where she has great discussions about books, life, and coffee. In her free time, j. d. loves to go for long walks, browse in bookshops, and find hidden cafés. The Sun Born Over is j. d. may’s debut novel.
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October 26, 2015
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October 21, 2015
Review of “The Weight of Snow” by Novel Idea Reviews
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Rating: ★★★★★
B.L. Bruce’s use of words is absolutely beautiful in The Weight of Snow: New & Selected Poems. Each poem allows you to easily picture the beauty of nature as observed by the author. The collection of poems in this book are very unique and showcase the power of winter on the natural world and how it can also affect the mind and body of all who observe and experience it.
The Weight of Snow is certainly a different read for me, but it shares many similarities with the typical dystopian theme I typically read. Winter is seen by many as the season where all things die and prepare for re-birth in the coming Spring, something that is common in many dystopian novels. I believe this theme is clearly displayed in the poems in this book.
It is a fantastic read and one that can be enjoyed time and time again!
– Review by Novel Idea Reviews
October 2, 2015
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September 18, 2015
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August 25, 2015
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August 16, 2015
Award-Winning Poetry Collection “The Weight of Snow” Coming September 1st from Smooth Stones Press
I’m elated to say that I recently signed a book deal for my debut poetry collection, “The Weight of Snow” with Smooth Stones Press!
It will be available September 1st in hardback, then on October 1st for paperback and eBook.
In 2014, “The Weight of Snow” won finalist in the poetry category of both the International Book Awards and the USA Best Books Awards. It was also a finalist in the poetry category in the San Francisco Book Festival. A large number of poems were published in dozens of literary journals and magazines, including The Wayfarer (where I was named featured poet), The Monterey Poetry Review, Avocet, and more.
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“There is nothing to say that would be as lyrical and eloquent as this poet’s language. She writes as a daughter of California’s wild places. Words lift the edge of ordinary and invite the reader to journey through vivid and vulnerable landscapes. Bri Bruce’s explorations do not shy away from a world where snow can sometimes be ash, or love can be cloaked in loss. Make space, Gary Snyder, Jane Hirshfield, and Ellen Bass, there is a new poet climbing and swimming her way up to claim her place among you.”
— Karen K Lewis, Author and Executive Director of Mendocino Coast Writer’s Conference
“The poems in The Weight of Snow are heartfelt, skillfully written, and keenly observed fragments of the natural world and our lives there. Bravo.”
—Gary Young, Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County, Award- Winning Author of No Other Life, Braver Deeds, and Pleasure
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FRAGILITY
From my mother
I learned how wine swims in the vein,
what happens when the vaquita dies,
how to boil meat from bone
to make chicken soup.
Like her, often I am stirred from sleep
by thought, not dream.
A frenzied rap at the thin door a beckon
to follow her into the summer garden,
we listen to the birds—
nighthawk in the oak,
mockingbird in the underbrush.
We busy ourselves wondering what dark place
becomes the bed of the crow.
In these moments, we are suddenly aware
that our hearts are beating—there is
something larger than ourselves.
And knowing the fragility of it all,
we speak the language of mortality.
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August 13, 2015
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July 31, 2015
NEW RELEASE from Award-Winning Author B.L.Bruce “28 Days of Solitude” NOW AVAILABLE
ISBN (trade paperback): 978-0-9914503-4-3
ISBN (eBook): 978-0-9914503-3-6
Publication date: August 1, 2015
104 pages
Black Swift Press
B.L.BRUCE is a writer, graphic designer, and publisher from Santa Cruz, California. She holds a bachelor’s degree in literature and creative writing from UC Santa Cruz. Her work has appeared in dozens of anthologies, magazines, and literary publications, including The Sun Magazine, Northwind Magazine, Soundings Review, and the Monterey Poetry Review. She was nominated for the Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize in 2009 as a student of Santa Cruz’s first poet laureate, Gary Young, and in 2014 she was the recipient of the PushPen Press Pendant Prize for Poetry in the wake of her award-winning book, The Weight of Snow. 28 Days of Solitude is Bruce’s second book.
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July 21, 2015
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