In 2016 and 2017, Orchard Street Press published:
1) all the stars that once were, the third book of poetry from Joe Cheslock of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio;
2) The Sun’s Banquet Table by Suzanne Freeman of Ingram, Texas, winner of the 2017 Orchard Street Press Poetry Chapbook Contest;
3) a matter of voice by Mary Hotlen from Rockford, Illinois, an Honorable Mention in this year’s Contest;
4) Blind Season by James Scruton from MaKenzie, Tennessee, an Honorable Mention in this year’s Contest;
5) Homecoming by Ben Onachila from Brevard, North Carolina, an Honorable Mention in this year’s Contest; and
6) Vital Signs by Joyce S. Brown of Baltimore, Maryland, also one of this year’s Honorable Mentions.
7) Going Back to Africa by Scott Gregory of Wooster, Ohio
8) Timekeeper's Garden by John P. (Jack) Kristofco of Highland Heights, Ohio
9) all the stars that once were by Joe Cheslock of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
10) Heat Lightning by Susan Christina Waters of Hobbs, New Mexico
The Orchard Street Press is pleased to announce the publication of Heat Lightning by Susan Christine Waters, Second Place winner in the 2017 Orchard Street Press Poetry Chapbook Contest.
The Orchard Street Press is pleased to announce the publication of The Timekeeper’s Garden, the new chapbook by award-winning poet John P. (Jack) Kristofco.
In 2016, The Press published Joe Cheslock’s if you follow a crooked river...poems of Cleveland and other sacred places (available from The Orchard Street Press for $12) and The Timekeeper’s Garden, a collection of poems by John P. Kristofco (available for $10.)
In the summer of 2017, The Orchard Street Press published Scott Gregory’s travel journal, GOING BACK TO AFRICA. In the summer of 2016, Scott Gregory took a ‘trip of a lifetime’ to Africa. In many ways it was an adventure more than fifty years in the making, deriving from his boyhood experience, a lifelong passion and sense of curiosity, and an abiding sense of pride in his heritage.
VITAL SIGNS by Joyce S. Brown of Baltimore, Maryland includes twenty-four poems, eight of which were previously published in a range of journals, including: The American Scholar, Poetry, Potomac Review, Antietam Review, and The Tennessee Quarterly.
HOMECOMING by Ben Onachila from Brevard, North Carolina, is a collection of twenty poems, eleven of which were previously published in journals such as: Restoring Connections, Inkspot, and Mountain Gazette. Many of these poems explore the significance of nature, our sometimes tumultuous relationship with it, and the lessons it can teach.
BLIND SEASON by James Scruton of MacKenzie, Tennessee, is a collection of twenty-six poems, twenty-three of which had previously been published in eleven different journals, among them: Common Ground Review, Poet Lore, Southern Poetry Review, Steam Ticket, and Third Wednesday.
a matter of voice by Mary Hotlen of Rockford, Illinois is an Honorable Mention from this year’s Orchard Street Press Chapbook Contest. It is a collection of twenty-seven poems divided into six sections, engaging a wide range of topics drawn from a careful and exquisitely rendered view of human experience.
THE SUN'S BANQUET TABLE by Suzanne Freeman of Ingram, Texas, is the winning chapbook in the 2017 Chapbook Contest.
all the stars that once were is a collection of fifty-eight poems and twelve photos that pay tribute to people who hold special places in the poet’s life.