Sara Burge

Poetry. Winner of C&R Press's 2009 De Novo Award for a first book of poetry. "Sara Burge's debut volume is a real barn-burner. In the poems of APOCALYPSE RANCH every word is written as if the human and animal lives of her native Missouri Ozarks depend upon it. With assiduous attention to detail, the 'rotting houses' and 'broken farms' of small-town America are given a realistic and often disturbing perspective. Burge's voice is decidedly her own--unapologetic, hard as nails, divulging the shotgun suicides and drowned children of families who are up to their necks in a 'Pomona Triangle' of rusted engine blocks and 'human insincerity.' In poem after poem, Burge pushes away the psychological barriers we erect with self-delusion, idolatry, or neglect, and gives voice to difficult truths about the human condition"--Marcus Cafagna.

Apocalypse Ranch

John Turner

Michael Czyzniejewski

The editors of Moon City Press present another anthology of the best in contemporary literature. Established writers and new voices have both contributed short stories, poems, essays, book reviews, and translations to make up this annual edition.

Moon City Review 2015

Moon City Press presents another edition of its annual examination of the best in contemporary literature. Both established and up-and-coming writers contribute short stories, poems, essays, book reviews, and translations of works not originally penned in English. Contributors to this 2014 edition of MCR include Craig Albin, Roy Bentley, Vanessa Blakeslee, Cynthia Marie Hoffman, George Looney, Richard Newman, Phoebe Reeves, Amber Sparks, Matthew Vollmer, and Gabriel Welsch.

Sara Burge

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