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Compulsive Reader Names Poetry Chapbook Tops

Glendale, CA--Magdalena Ball, editor of The Compulsive Reader, named Carolyn Howard-Johnson's new chapbook of poetry to that magazine's list of "Top Ten Reads of 2005." 

Howard-Johnson is the author of the acclaimed novel This is the Place, a collection of creative nonfiction, Harkening, and her newly released chapbook, Tracings.  

Nostalgic, accessible and personal, Tracings, explores the corrosive nature of subtle intolerance. Here is a quote:

The woman--abundant bones--ties a washed apron

so thin that threaded grates expose

faded pansies on her housecoat

tells my father she don’t care what religion his kids are,

                                          she likes 'em anyway.

Howard-Johnson is also the author of USA Book News' Best Professional Book 2004, The Frugal Book Promoter: How to Do What Your Publisher Won't. Members of the California Legislature named the author Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment, the Book Publicists of Southern California honored her with their Irwin Award andher community with a Character and Ethics Award for her efforts to promote tolerance with her writing.

The Compulsive Reader includes reviews and interviews of some of the hottest writers working today. It covers literary news, criticism, offers a free e-zine, and more.

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Tracings is available at its publisher's site, Click here and at Click here.

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