Author Description

The 3rd Anthology from Slow Lightning Lit, this volume titled SLANT, edited by Peggy Dobreer and Jeremy Rais a collection of small poetry portfolios from writers exploring themes of identity, sexuality, fidelity, country, death, existential loss, and mythic reflection. These are poems of inquiry. They include practiced wisdom, surprising confessions, whimsy, poignant irony, and distilled private moments.<br/><br/>From different levels of experience with poetry, these writers all share a strong sense of personal investigation, care of the other, investment in the craft of writing, and a largess of consideration beyond personal ego. Some have hit career highs in their respective fields that humble and inspire me. Nationally known writers such as: poetEsther Cohen (The Book Doctor); novelist Janet Fitch(Chimes of a Lost Cathedral, White Oleander); playwright Murray Mednick(Obie Award Winning Playwright, The Deer Kill, The Coyote Cycle, Fedunn, Mayakowski & Stalin); voice actor, poet Bill Ratner(9 x MOTH StorySLAMM Winner, Lamenting While Doing Laps in the Lake); and editor, poet Peggy DobreerIn the Lake of Your Bones, Forbidden Plums, founder and curator of Slow Lightning Lit.