Christina Pacosz

Christina Pacosz's reading at Montserrat Poetry

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

Christina Pacosz's “Notes from the Red Zone”

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.

Letters to the World

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

Such Imperfection on Qarrtsiluni

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/

ABNA Books Summer Update

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!