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Poems on the Hungry and the Homeless

By Patrick T. Randolph, Ellen Kort, Linda Aschbrenner, Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Ellaraine Lockie, Jeri McCormick, Lester Smith, Ed Galing, Caroline Gill, M. Lee Alexander, Madeleine Beckman, Krikor Der Hohannesian, Bruce Dethlefsen, Naomi Fast, Ruth Sabath Rosenthal, Susan F. Kirch-Thibado, Cecilia Woloch, Denise Amodeo Miller, Bill Zavatsky, J. J. Steinfeld

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 included: 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; Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets past president Jeri McCormick and current president Lester Smith.

All profits from this book go to programs helping the hungry and homeless.

Price: $18.95

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