MEN AND THEIR WHIMS explores the relationship between Matilda Fletcher and her younger brother, Geo. Geo served in the Illinois infantry during the Civil War, but his tour was brief due to an illness he contracted that left him partially deaf. He later ma
First Wife (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2013)lets Lilith speak.Who is Lilith? Is she the mythic first wife of Adam, who escaped subservience to her husband and her husband’s God and became stigmatized as a demoness? Or is she an ordinary woman preoccupied with
Stranger Still (Finishing Line Press, 2013) explores and appreciates the intergalactic worlds of Martians, space travel, and alien visitors through poems.Cast in the light of eerie Area 51 telecasts and atmospheric static, Laura Madeline Wiseman’s poems
This combined poetic anthology embraces free thinking of the untapped mind and spirit. The vast array of best contemporary poets from around the globe share their voices together in harmony. Various styles and thoughts flourish amongst the pages, bringing
In this campy, contemporary retelling of the Bluebeard myth, Laura Madeline Wiseman charts the love of three sisters who each marry the same man upon the demise of the sister who preceded her. Bluebeard is usually framed as a story of blood and gore, but
Who is female death and how do we find her and her monstrous friends? Wake (Aldrich Press) explores figures of lady-death such as Inanna, Persephone, and others where death is mother, sister, and girl. New from Aldrich Press, Wake traces such myths as the
Red Dashboard, LLC Publishing is pleased to announce its release of Leaves of Absence: An Illustrated Guide to Common Garden Affection, with poetry by Laura Madeline Wiseman and art by Sally Deskins. This is their second collaborative book. Their first co
Laura Madeline Wiseman has created a strange and wondrous world in this ambitious new collection. In deft turns, Wiseman travels multiple geographies – the world of myth and true fairy tales, the underworld of sketchy hotel rooms and desire, the natural
