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The lines in John Davis’s poems saunter and slide with a rhythm that shows music is the heartbeat and blood of his life. It carries him through youth in the `50s and`60s, through his work in a garage door factory, and even through a snowstorm as it keeps him from freezing when he helps a friend move. And [...]
After all the long hours and hard work, not just by the author but the designers and editors as well, it’s always exciting to see a book start coming together. Here’s the cover for our latest release, Gigs by John Davis, which will be available later this year.
We’d like to start the New Year off by announcing the latest selection for Sol Books Poetry Series: Mama Joy by Eileen Silver Lillywhite. About the winning selection: Mama Joy is lit with a quiet beauty, its language easy in the best sense of the word—graceful, melodic, never over-handled. The poems in Eileen Silver Lillywhite’s [...]
It is time once again to announce the newest inclusion into our Poetry Series, and we are proud to have selected Gigs by John Davis. A note on Gigs from our judges: Blues in D minor, big bellies over factory belts, and Elvis Presley license plates—Gigs is a collection of poems that shows us the [...]
Congratulations go out to Scott R. Welveart, whose poetry collection, Pacific, was a SOL Books Poetry Series selection. From the judges: Pacific is a poetic mix of Rent and Romeo and Juliet. Two star-crossed lovers, David and Marti, set out to fulfill their dying wish: see the Pacific Ocean. They begin in Minnesota, where they meet at an AIDS clinic, and Pacific chronicles David [...]
