I couldn't be more thrilled to share this: the cover of my next book, SUCH A GOOD MAN, out with @UWiscPress in March. I really love this design, by Jeremy Parker. You can preorder starting today, and post a link in the first comment.

RT @ElectricLit: 12 books of poetry and prose that capture the language of labor, and the surprising intimacy that a workplace can provide.….

Thanks to @magicmikewrites for selecting the story, and what an honor to share pages with so many writers I admire in this stellar issue.

The new issue of Bluestem Magazine is out, and it includes my story "Ecdysis." Dead dads and snakes and golden teeth galore! .

@mgcrotty SUCH A GOOD MAN preorders here:

@mgcrotty Get NEAR STRANGERS here:

Here's another generous blurb for my forthcoming collection SUCH A GOOD MAN, from @mgcrotty, whose new collection NEAR STRANGERS is such a wonderful, important book. I'll post a link to order both books in the comments.

And you can find Anne's gorgeous books here:

You can preorder my book here:

Continuing with my luck in receiving beautiful blurbs for my forthcoming book SUCH A GOOD MAN: This one comes from the brilliant writer @aevalente, who I'm so honored to claim as a dear friend.

@gwenekirby And here's the book's preorder page:

I'm so grateful to @gwenekirby for this amazing praise that syncs up so nicely with SUCH A GOOD MAN's cover:

Here's a link to where you can preorder SUCH A GOOD MAN:

How lucky can a writer be to get great blurbs from their favorite writers? I'm swimming in some riches, and I hope you can forgive me for sharing some kind words on my forthcoming collection SUCH A GOOD MAN over the next few days. Here's a blurb from literary legend Ron Rash:

I'm reading Jim Daniels's classic book of factory poems PUNCHING OUT for Labor Day. What a treasure this book and this writer is. What's one of your favorite pieces of art about working people at work?

"One is deluded if one believes that one can actually preserve the world in words, but one is just playing games if one doesn't try." -Reginald Shepherd, from his lovely "Why I Write" essay:

A lovely contributor’s copy on a lovely day. Thanks to Dinah Cox, Toni Graham, and my dear pal @remirecchialit for publishing my story “Just Care” in the new issue of @cimarronreview.

"No one works better out of anguish at all; that’s an incredible literary conceit.".-James Baldwin.

I loved getting to blurb this. This book kicks so much ass.