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“Deathaiku” by Missy Church- Out Now!

Deathaiku by Missy CHurch

Collapse Press is pleased to announce the release of “Deathaiku”, by poet Missy Church.
“It takes the spirit of a death doula and the soulfulness of her carefully enlisted imagery to capture the dichotomous dance that is life and death, shadow and light. In DEATHAIKU, Missy Church divulges the seasons of the departed, the “eyes of death’s final cold sigh” while syllables later, she signals a sun that “rises soft,” breath of a baby and an ancestor within the Law of Three – so appropriately held in haiku structure.
In an era where more than ever, death seems to have the last word, Church bears a lantern for every reader wandering the veil, with eloquent yet humble diction that respects grief and loss while making room for new life, for the living who harbor light in the memory. DEATHAIKU is a necessary read for anyone who values a cycle we cannot escape.”
– K.R. Morrison, poet and educator, author of Cauldrons

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Events: Richard Loranger

We are pleased to announce the publication of Unit if Agency, by Richard Loranger. (October 2021) You can find information about the book and purchase by using the top tabs- see Purchase page. We have been working on events to celebrate the book launch, and will be adding them below. Friday, October 29, 2021: The Friday Collapse, Special Book Launch Edition Please join us on Friday, October 29, 2021 for a special book launch edition of The Friday Collapse to celebrate the release of Richard Loranger’s new book of poetry- “Unit of Agency”.This will be a virtual event on Zoom, 6:30 PST, 9:30 EST. We will welcome Richard Loranger, who will read from his new book. We will also feature Mimi Gonzalez-Barillas. Per usual, an open mic will follow.The zoom link and bios, and book information will be posted in the event. Unit of Agency is currently available through the Collapse Press website at www.collapsepress.com/purchase and on Amazon at www.amazon.com/Unit-Agency-Richard-Loranger/dp/1735266914. Get one early and read along! The Friday Collapse reading series is hosted by Collapse Press, with Paul Corman Roberts and E. Lynn Alexander. Mosswood Park- Oakland, CA- November 6, 2021 In person reading with Collapse Press and Be About It Press. Richard Loranger will partner with Natasha Dennerstein for a double header book launch event. Event on Facebook, weather permitting. Live at the Mosswood Park Amphitheaterin the SE corner of Mosswood Park. Be About It Press and Collapse Press are collaborating to celebrate two new fantastic books! UNIT OF AGENCY by Richard Loranger BROKEN by Natasha DennersteinOther featured readers include James Cagney, Cassandra Dallett, Juba Kalamka, Dena Rod, Peggy Morrison and Kai Sugioka-Stone! Collapse Around America- Virtual Book Launch November 13, 2021 Please join us on Saturday, November 13, 2021 for “Collapse Around America”, a final Collapse Press launch party for the…

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Unit of Agency, by Richard Loranger

Unit of Agency Richard Loranger

We are excited to announce the release of Unit of Agency, by poet Richard Loranger. Please keep on eye on the Collapse Press FB page and Instagram for details on readings. Richard will be a featured reader at the special “book release” edition of The Friday Collapse on October 29, virtual on zoom at 6:30 PST, 9:30 EST. Joining Richard will be Mimi Gonzalez-Barillas. Open mic to follow, event on the Collapse Press Facebook page. There will an in-person reading in Oakland on Saturday November 6 at Mosswood Park in Oakland. On November 13, there will be a virtual launch party with featured poets. Many of the readers have blurbs in the new book or have contributed to the project. We will be adding the details to this website soon on ordering the book and distribution options. You can also reach out to the author or the press. More to come soon. Here is the page on his website to find out more. “Unit of Agency is a gift of the tenderest rage, rage at its most righteous–against injustice, against inequality, against homophobia, against colonization and gentrification, against the dying of the light of humanity and human kindness. Through his poetry, Loranger reminds us that none of us escapes this life innocent or unscathed. We are bruised and broken with blood on our hands, but we are also together. It is not a bleak view. The riches that capitalism and greed have stolen from us, Loranger gives back with poetry that is rich visually, auditorily, and, most of all, emotionally. These works are both ammunition and imperative. This is poetry that matters.” – Hilary Brown Unit of Agency is a full-length collection of poems by Richard Loranger, one of his generation’s premiere cutting edge performance poets, an artist who writes for both…

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