The books are in and they look great! Get yours now by clicking on the link at the top of the page. Christopher Watkins will be in Orlando for his book launch at Urban Think! in downtown Orlando May 2nd. He’s going to read from Short Houses With Wide Porches and play us a few songs from his “other” life as a singer/songwriter. You won’t want to miss this!

Leslie Halpern of the online magazine Suite101 had this to say about Red Wax Rose:

This entertaining collection may prove especially inspiring for Southern women, although it includes slices-of-life to which we can all relate. — Leslie Halpern, Suite 101

http://poetry.suite101.com/article.cfm/book_review_red_wax_rose

People who know poetry are singing the praises of Darlyn Finch and Red Wax Rose. Check out the latest, from poet/creative non-fiction luminary Molly Peacock: 

“Darlyn has a candid, clear, direct free verse writing style that communicates easily to audiences about a woman’s roles as daughter, wife, lover, and mother. With humor and forthright opinions, she creates a voice that declares, questions, wonders, and remembers, using metaphor and telling detail to evoke narrative situations.”

– Molly Peacock, poet, former president, Poetry Society of America, founder of Poetry In Motion, an initiative to put poetry on subways and buses throughout North America.

Shady Lane Press, based in Orlando, Fla., is an independent, for-profit publisher of poetry, short stories, essays, memoir and creative non-fiction. Inspired by the work and legacy of Jack Kerouac, our goal is to discover and promote new and emerging voices.