By James Alan Riley|2019-01-27T15:41:25-05:00January 27th, 2019|Southern Voices|0 Comments
Theories of Elegance James Alan Riley I I remember the sky in Kentucky at night cut from the horizon and hung before the stars like comfort and desire, our singular need for assurance. We are told there are, in
By Virginia Underwood|2019-01-26T10:53:50-05:00January 26th, 2019|Publisher's Picks, Southern Voices|0 Comments
I T WA S A N I G H T F I T F O R DA N C I N G Sandi Keaton-Wilson It was a night fit for dancing with Neptune in the moonlight that February eve
By Jeremy Paden|2018-10-15T18:14:14-04:00October 15th, 2018|National Hispanic Heritage Month, Southern Voices|0 Comments
In recognition of 2018 National Hispanic Heritage Month we are pleased to share with our readers selected and diverse works by Jeremy Paden: a poem, an essay, and a book review. * Thank you, Jeremy for enlightening
By Virginia Underwood|2018-10-10T21:08:33-04:00October 10th, 2018|Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, News|0 Comments
Shadelandhouse Modern Press will recognize both National Domestic Awareness Month and National Hispanic Heritage Month on Saturday, October 13 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. at Brier Books, 319 S. Ashland Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky 40502, (859-523-6404) with readings by two Kentucky women writers:
By Tasha Cotter|2018-06-28T10:26:12-04:00June 28th, 2018|Southern Voices|0 Comments
Where I Come From by Tasha Cotter After George Ella Lyon I come from hunting seasons and hybrid bass. High school boys chewing tobacco in the halls. Kilts and silks and my mother’s wedding dress. A symphonic band and
By Amanda Jo Slone|2018-04-04T12:04:21-04:00April 4th, 2018|Publisher's Picks: Book Reviews, Southern Voices|0 Comments
by Amanda Jo Slone Students in my Composition class are writing literacy narratives. This is always my favorite assignment of the semester. I love to guide them through the mining of their memories and watch as their narratives take
By Tasha Cotter|2017-11-30T16:07:13-05:00December 7th, 2017|Southern Voices|0 Comments
How it Felt to be in the Fields by Tasha Cotter For a long time, the silence wasn’t mine. My thoughts hit against the curved horizon. The county line held me, as if in a sphere of green fields
By Tasha Cotter|2017-11-30T15:25:32-05:00November 30th, 2017|Southern Voices|1 Comment
Your Heart is a Map by Tasha Cotter Sometimes when I read what people write about the heart I feel I've traveled the same country, took notes from the same shores and church yards. I remember everything, too: The
By Sandi Keaton-Wilson|2017-10-30T10:27:53-04:00October 30th, 2017|Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Southern Voices|1 Comment
SURVIVOR by Sandi Keaton-Wilson There will be a time for singing! If your door is closed, barred shut, go now to open a window— and fly up and up and up! Look for gentle hands to reach out, soft
By Sandi Keaton-Wilson|2017-10-15T11:37:31-04:00October 15th, 2017|Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Southern Voices|1 Comment
STOLEN FLOWERS by Sandi Keaton-Wilson Bruises, shades of twilight sky, shine underneath her eyes, no lie or makeup can hide. Her screams, her dreams are a daily nightmare of pain; words make wounds that take even longer to
