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LEAH MAINES
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Books by Leah Maines
Looking to the East with Western Eyes (Finishing Line Press) ISBN 0-9664324-0-1, paper, $12.00 plus $2.00 S&H. New Women's Voices Series No. 1. Now in its third printing. This book was a #10 top best seller in the Cincinnati/Tri-State area when it was first released in 1998.
To order Loooking to the East with Western Eyes:
Beyond the River (KWC Press) ISBN 0-9723524-0-6
Winner of the KWC Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition.
Beyond the River is now out of print. However, a 2nd edition is coming soon. Please check back later. This title will soon be available on amazon.com.
"Maines conducts a poet's inquiry into the meaning of life. Readers of this chapbook will discover some curious answers through these 20 often understated, at times sparsely elegant, but always accessible poems ranging from an extended verse on the preparation of dinner to a mother's dying whisper."--Rob Stout, The Cincinnati Enquirer
"I enjoyed Maines' poems wholeheartedly. Hers is a new voice, worth reading."--Jessica Powers, Newpages.com
"In Beyond the River, Leah Maines, also proves her dexterity with the seeming limitations of the chapbook. Her looser, more pointedly open-form style leads her to sketch in large strokes, to be conversational, focusing on social and cultural rituals that define our relationships."--John Wylam, Ohioana Quarterly
Leah will be happy to autograph any copy(ies) of the above books. Please contact her at the link listed above for her mailing address. Send your copy(ies) to her and she will sign and return the book(s) to you the same week.
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About the Author
Zalla Scholar and Mazak Scholar Leah Maines lived in Gifu, Japan where she researched classical Japanese poetry at Gifu University. She has also studied at Kings College London, England and The Marino Institute in Dublin, Ireland. She is currently seeking her Masters of Divinity at Cincinnati Christian University Seminary.
Her works have appeared in numerous national and international publications including Nebo, Owen Wister Review, Licking River Review, Flyway and other litereary magazines and anthologies.
She is former Poet-in-Residence of Northern Kentucky University (Funded in part by the Kentucky Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities). Maines is the author of two collections of poems. Her first book was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Williams Carlos Williams Book Award (Poetry Society of America). Looking to the East with Western Eyes, New Women's Voices Series No. 1 (Finishing Line Press) reached #10 in the "Cincinnati/Tri-State Best Sellers List" (Cincinnati Enquirer), and is now in its third printing.
Her most recent collection, Beyond the River, won the Kentucky Writers' Coalition Poetry Chapbook Competition and is now out of print. However, a 2nd edition of this book will be available soon at amazon.com.
In addition to writing, Leah also edits books. She has edited over 350 books by various known and upcoming poets, including award-winning titles.
Leah lives with her husband and three children in Central Kentucky. She is an avid golfer, and collects golf balls (and poetry chapbooks) from around the globe.
Leah is available for speaking, workshops, and editing.
Fees:
Library (45 min - 1 hour) - $150
Classroom visit (45 min - 1 hour) - $175
Full day - $600
Week-long teaching residency (4 classes per day) - $2,400
All these figures are negotiable.
Leah Maines also writes book reviews. If you would like to submit books for possible review, please mail one review copy to:
Review Copy
Leah Maines
PO Box 1626
Georgetown, KY 40324
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Mourning Sickness
This morning
Two gray mourning doves
Sat in the branches
Of the large sugar maple
That rests in our front yard
As I sipped my morning tea
They sang a dirge
And grieved with me as I
Read the papers that
Gave me the details of
Who gets what and when
I need to appear where to
See the end of us
In the branches above me
Two plump birds cooed out
A broken love song to one another
Cooing
then pausing
Cooing
then pausing
Cooing
Until one flew away
This poem is found in Beyond the River (KWC Publishing).
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Other Information
See Leah's informative article THE ART OF SELF-PROMOTION in the 2002 Poet's Market (Writer's Digest Books).
See Leah's profile featured in the Insider Report section of the 2001 Poet's Market (Writer's Digest Books).
Recommended site:
Website title: Dee Rimbaud/ The AA Independent Press Guide
URL: http://www.thunderburst.co.uk
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Copyright © 2008 by Leah Maines
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