2023 news_ publications and new books

 

2023 is upon us— thanks to so many of you who ordered SHE HAS VISIONS from Main Street Rag.  If you’d like an autographed copy, they’re available — just send ten dollars via PayPal, and email me your address (or DM to twitter @cjsarett)

I am about to launch a new author website, so I might be re-thinking this blog. As some of you know, the software’s a bit clunky.  (But there are some of my favorite short essays here so…)  

Some of my recent publications include

—  “The Maltese Falcon” in the beautifully illustrated print edition of The Whimsical Poet (available on Amazon, and edited by Sara Altman)

—“self portrait: untitled film still” in Tiny Wren 

—three micro-poems in Dream Noir, including “self portrait as Shostakovich.”  

All of these and other film noir poems will be available in a new chapbook, WOMAN ON THE RUN, published by Alien Buddha.  I love its new cover.  It, too, will be sold through Amazon, and only in a print edition.  (Sorry, digital fans.) 

More news to come, including a chapbook of poems about my family.  

My Poetry Book on Pre-Order

 My debut poetry collection — poems written for my late husband Paul Messaris, and dedicated to him, is available for pre-order at Main Street Rag Press at a discounted price ($8.50 vs. its regular $14.00) 

(My talented friend Judith Spiegel provided the cover image.)  Here’s the link to my author page, with advance reviews and sample poems.  SHE HAS VISIONS

News for 2022

My (funny, I hope) novel A Closet Feminist is now available for pre-order from the publisher site  as well as from Amazon and other retailers.  It is print-only at this point.  I’ll let you know if (or when) a digital version is available.  

I will be participating in the Small Press Book Fair (SMOL) in March, along with my colleague Susan Weinstein, author of (also very funny) The Anarchist’s Girlfriend.  We will be discussing  “Women and Ambition.”

Later in the year, my (first) poetry collection, She Has Visions, will be published and distributed by Main Street Rag Press.  It’s also print-only and probably will remain that way.  

My most recent “San Francisco” poem “Passing By the Giants” appears in the lovely Quartet Journal.  Many thanks to the editors.

New poem in Naugautuck River Review

 

Thanks to editor Lori Desrosiers for including my poem, "Disraeli Bedtime Story" in NAUGATUCKET RIVER REVIEW, A JOURNAL OF NARRATIVE POETRY.  It's a print journal, available for sale online.  This poem is also included in my forthcoming poetry collection, She Has Visions, to be published by Main Street Rag Press in 2022.