Here's a link to info about the May 3, 2009 readings at the Montserrat Poetry Festival, which will be held at the Montserrat Vineyards near Warrensburg, Missouri.  Plan ahead for a great day of poetry and wine and snacks.  Christina’s 15 minutes of fame start at 4 PM.  http://kmos.org/Poetry%20Festival/Index.html

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Ron Mohring, of Seven Kitchens Press has announced online that Christina Pacosz's chapbook, “Notes from the Red Zone”, first published by Seal Press in their anti-nuclear series in 1983, has been selected for the inaugural title in Seven Kitchens Press Rebound Series, scheduled for publication this fall 2009.

Christina encourages you leave a comment on the blog if you are so inclined.

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Polish-American author Christina Pacosz has recently been featured in the Red Hen Press anthology LETTERS TO THE WORLD: Poems from the Wom-po Listserv.

She was also mentioned in the blog "Writing the Polish Diaspora":
http://writingpolishdiaspora.blogspot.com/2008/08/poems-and-photos-of-poland.html

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Christina Pacosz has another poem  - Such Imperfection - online at qarrtsiluni.com.  This is the Journaling the Apocaplypse issue. http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/11/05/such-imperfection/

Pacosz also had a poem appear there on October 16, 2008 - Depth of Field - and it isn't too late to comment on that poem if you are so inclined.
http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/10/16/depth-of-field/

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We've added new authors, new titles, and members to the Small Press Collective.
Several ABNA Authors have exciting news to share. Here are a few updates:

• Richard Martin (ABNA Contest 2008) has his novel MIXED ANIMAL accepted for publication by MacAdam/Cage. From the Publishers Marketplace details: "Richard Martin's MIXED ANIMAL, a tale of hillbilly magical realism about the unlikely friendship that develops between a grumpy fix-it man and Reader's Digest connoisseur and the strange animal that fate (and a mad scientist uncle) drops into his lap."
• Robin Meloy Goldsby had an article appear in the July issue of The Writer, in the Breakthrough Column.
• Christina Pacosz had several of her poems written for her mother featured in the Editor's Choice section of the July issue of Kritya. The issue focused on "mothers" as a theme.
• Don't forget that the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award winner, FRESH KILLS by Bill Loehfelm will be released on August 21, 2008. Be sure to pre-order your copy.

Congratulations to all our authors!

Submissions have closed for the inaugural issue of Conclave: A Journal of Character. The premiere issue is due to be released mid-October and will include the writing of several ABNA authors. If you'd like to help support the journal, please visit and make a tax-deductible donation.

If you have updates to share, please let us know by sending us an email with "updates" in the subject to info @ abnabooks.com or visit the comment page. Thank you!

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