151 poems about hunger and homelessness, from 80 poets, many with direct experience, such as: Dori Appel, a Red Cross disaster volunteer; Mary L. Downs, a volunteer at LEAVEN; Barbara Flaherty, former treatment center supervisor; Nancy Gauquier, formerly homeless in NY; Randall Horton, a Ph.D. candidate who advocates for the homeless and prison reform, having been homeless and in prison; Michele Leavitt, a teenage runaway in the 1970s, who later worked as a public defender; John J. Quirk, a member of Chicago's Homeless Action Committee; Nancy Scott, a social worker who helps find housing; and Julian I. Taber, who treated homeless veterans in the V.A. Also includes: Ellen Kort, Wisconsin's first Poet Laureate; Linda Aschbrenner, publisher of the first 100 issues of Free Verse; Pushcart nominees Sharmagne Leland-St. John and Ellaraine Lockie; and Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets presidents Jeri McCormick and Lester Smith. All profits go to programs helping the hungry and homeless.
RUTH SABATH ROSENTHAL is a New York poet. Her poems have been published in numerous literary journals and poetry anthologies in the U.S. and abroad. In 2006, her poem "on yet another birthday" was nominated for a Pushcart prize. Ruth's debut chapbook "Facing Home," published by Finishing Line Press, can be purchased from Amazon.com.
Ruth is also the author of a full-length book of poetry, titled "Facing Home and Beyond," published by Paragon Poetry Press, also available from Amazon.com. For information about this book, contact: paragonpoetry@aol.com., and for more about Ruth,visit websites:
http://www.ruthsabathrosenthal.moonfruit.com
http://www.pw.org/content/ruth_sabath_rosenthal
http://www.poetryvlog.com/ruthsabathrosenthal
