Books
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Alien Buddha Press is proud to announce Bill Ratner’s first full-length poetry collection, Fear of Fish.
“These highly original poems stir things up—a wild concoction of exploration, confession, and surreal fantasy, each topped with a soupçon of wry wit. Whether mourning the early demise of his beloved parents and older brother or riffing on being the one left behind to come of age on his own, Ratner’s poems find life’s humor and sweetness. They kick off their shoes and dance with Death.”
---- Alexis Rhone Fancher, NYQ Books poet and Cultural Daily poetry editor
Finishing Line Press is proud to announce Bill Ratner’s first poetry chapbook, To Decorate a Casket.
“Reading these poems, one can't help wondering if Ratner is a storyteller at heart who's found the form of the poem to convey the snapshots and short tales of his life, or if he's a poet who, like Homer, poured his dactyls into the epics of his time. Like a good storyteller, Ratner sidles up to you, whispers the opening of a tale, then brings in the big guns of poetry to make it all work. These poems are masterful, touching, evocative, and Ratner himself is a master-builder at work, a man who shapes words out of airy nothing and commands them to speak.”
---- Jack Grapes, Chatwing Books poet and founding editor of literary journal ONTHEBUS
Parenting for the Digital Age from Familius Publications is a how-to parenting guide written by one of America's most successful media personalities who suddenly found his children bombarded by media messages he had helped create.