Susan Isla Tepper presented her darkly comic play CLANDESTINE in an Equity Premiere Staged-reading, hosted by SHOPTALK, on June 10 at EAG Guild Hall Theatre, NYC. Her latest Novel “Hair of a Fallen Angel” was published by Spuyten Duyvil Books. A twenty-year writer, she’s written 12 published books of fiction and poetry and 7 stage plays. Honors include 21 Pushcart Prize Nominations. Her play ‘The Crooked Heart’ concerning artist Jackson Pollock premiered on October 25, 2022 at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC. Adapted from an earlier novel, it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Susan is a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review. A Youtube music video for her latest novel at: https://youtu.be/W2HVIc4NrqY
As A Star
Beauty they called her
before the attack
Beauty had a small child
lost now.
In the privacy of her home
she danced to pop music
in the nude.
She wanted things
that had been taken away
Her books and education.
Tired of being
swaddled
top to bottom.
Some husbands reported
their wives for
not covering up properly.
Those wives were imprisoned
and far worse.
As soon as she went down
from the gas
she rose into the sky as a star.
FOOTFALLS, James Eret’s book, features selected poetry by an established author and artist. This carefully curated collection explores a spectrum of subjects, from the writer’s Vietnam War experiences, to his favorite hobby of bird-watching, and the detritus of growing up in a very large family.
He has had a one man show of his art in San Diego. James lives with his family, two feline friends, and an ever-expanding menagerie of wild visitors to his urban oasis in the midst of the all-too-urban San Diego watershed.
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