National Poetry Month

The book is a collaborative effort for Washburn University, Washburn Tech and the Topeka community to speak against sexual assault. This book, made possible through generous donations, helps further make Washburn a campus of consent.

TW: Discussions of Sexual Assault

In this collection of well-crafted poems lays bare the truths known by those who've labored in the fast-food industry. Dennis deftly illustrates what tolls the turbo delivery of food exacts from young people--for whom it is often first employment. Those smiling faces, who query "May I help you," hold back the question "Will you help me?" Each poem leaves the reader more aware that the cost of fast-food does not include what has been paid in history.

In addition to My Grunge of 1991’s publishing in 2017, this Removed Utopia (Spartan Press 2017) was published as part of the Kaw Valley Poetry Series.

In his first full-length collection in 10 years, Eric McHenry brings fresh attention to his old obsessions - love, laughter, justice, transience, how humility ennobles, how time makes the familiar strange, and how our scars make us beautiful. McHenry can dazzle with his technical dexterity, but his poems aren't merely performances; in Odd Evening, music creates meaning and vice versa. If books of poetry have patron saints, Buster Keaton might be this one's: a stoic, stone-faced every person who's endlessly resourceful in the face of calamity.

Starting with her Kansas childhood, Izzy Wasserstein explores questions of science and faith, myth and politics, in When Creation Falls. From nights listening to Royals baseball on the radio to paleontology, from prehistoric past to end of world, these poems explore how we relate to an indifferent universe, how we make meaning, and how we might create something better.

Twelve interconnected essays that describe the ways in which particular virtues are enacted in poetry.

"Combining theory with a multitude of case examples and innovative ideas for practical, experiential activities, this book is a valuable introduction for creative arts therapy students and practitioners, mental health and medical professionals, and anyone else interested in the healing possibilities of creative expression." -- Book Jacket

"In spring 1749, Francois Bonis, a medical student in Paris, found himself unexpectedly hauled off to the Bastille for distributing an 'abominable poem about the king.' So began the Affair of the Fourteen, a police crackdown on ordinary citizens for unauthorized poetry recitals. Why was the official response to these poems so intense? In this captivating book, Robert Darnton follows the poems as they passed through several media: copied on scraps of paper, dictated from one person to another, memorized and declaimed to an audience. But the most effective dispersal occurred through music, when poems were sung to familiar tunes. Lyrics often referred to current events or revealed popular attitudes toward the royal court. The songs provided a running commentary on public affairs, and Darnton brilliantly traces how the lyrics fit into song cycles that carried messages through the streets of Paris during a period of rising discontent. He uncovers a complex communication network, illuminating the way information circulated in a semi-literate society. This lucid and entertaining book reminds us of both the importance of oral exchanges in the history of communication and the power of 'viral' networks long before our internet age." -- Provided by publisher

"This book examines how epic poetry reflects cultural values, and how, in epic poems, the heroes must meet supernatural beings to find answers to essential questions. The work begins with three chapters on ancient poetry." -- Provided by publisher