ROGUE AGENT JUST INFORMED ME THEY NOMINATED MY POEM, ON MY ENCROACHING BLINDNESS, FOR BEST OF THE NET
I work VERY hard on my craft, and it is so wonderful to be acknowledged. https://www.rogueagentjournal.com/rshapiro
THE WORLD by Rumi
The poet most read over time is Rumi. The music of his words, his life philosophy, his teaching without preaching. See for yourself:
All That’s Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir by Emilee Hackney
WHAT A GREAT CHOICE FOR A BOOK CLUB! SO MUCH TO DISCUSS: Published on July 28, 2026, by Penguin Press, is an acclaimed, clear-eyed coming-of-age […]
Brother, I’m Dying, by Edwidge Dandicot
This true story of the parallel lives and deaths of Dandicot’s primal male figures–her father and her uncle and how they are treated in Haiti […]