"Casting Off" is a 2023 poetry and prose collection book from Scars Publications (http://scars.tv) of the May through August 2023 issues of Down in the Dirt magazine (http://scars.tv/dirt). Writers and artists in this issue collection book include Alan Altany, Annette Gagliardi, ayaz daryl nielsen, Beata Stasak, Bill Tope, Binod Dawadi, Brenda Mox, Cailey Tin, Chaim Jones, Charlotte Jung, Chelsea Orozco, Christopher Strople, Clay Coppedge, Clementine Zei, CLS Sandoval, Craig Wells, Daniel de Culla, Daniel Princewill, Daniel R. Snyder, David Berger, David Jeffery, David Newdorf, David Sapp, Dee Artea, Denise McCabe, Dennis Piszkiewicz, Donald Reed Greenwood, Donna Dallas, Donovan Whitley, Douglas Young, Dr. Steven M. Gerson, Drew Marshall, Duane Anderson, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Edward N. McConnell, Eleanor Leonne Bennett, Elena Botts, Eric Robert Nolan, Fabrice Poussin, Frances Gaudiano, Frank De Canio, Fred Cheney, George Beckerman, Gil Hoy, Gillian Tregidgo, Gloria Lauris, Greta T. Bates, Isaac Breaux, Isabel G. de Diego, Isabel G. de Diego J. Ray Paradiso, J. M. Garcia, J. Ray Paradiso, Jacoby Harbison, James Bates, Jamie Johnson, Janet Kuypers, Jeff Stone, Jerome Berglund, Jesse Sisler, Joan Mach, Joe A. Oppenheimer, Joe Chiudina, John F McMullen, John Farquhar Young, John Gerard Fagan, John Kucera, John Ragusa, Karen Court, Karen Hedges, Karen Lee Stradford, Ken Goldman, Kenneth Parsons, Kirk Alex, Kumar Mahat, Kyle Hemmings, Kyle Singh, Latoya Kidd, LaVern Spencer McCarthy, Lawrence Zielinski, Lesley L. Smith, Leslie C. Ferdinand, Liam O'Buachalla, Luke Dylan Ramsey, Marc Colten, Marc McMahon, Michael Brockley, Michael Lee Johnson, Mike Rader, Miranda Clarity, Nancy Machlis Rechtman, Nolo Segundo, Peggy Gerber, Peter Gregg Slater, Raha.M, Rayne Affonso, Relvin Gonzalez Rodriguez, Richard K. Williams, Richard Patterson, Robert Feinstein, Rod Raglin, Roger G. Singer, Sam Norman, Samantha Griffis, Sandip Saha, Saul Greenblatt, Sergio A. Ortiz,