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The Long Blue Room

 Here and Abroad

A Dreamer's Guide
To Cities and Streams
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Seeking Center

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TODAY IS THE DAY!

Amazon.com Launch

 

Today, May 8, is the official Amazon launch for The Long Blue Room! 

 

Help get The Long Blue Room on Amazon.com's Poetry bestsellers list!

 

Buy the book, leave a 5-star review and spread the word about my newest collection of poetry. 

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Praise for
The Long Blue Room: 


"Here are some stunning poems! The times have always been hellish, but in the ways they are especially so now, Joan Gelfand is a poet up to the voicing. The fusion of the serious with the comic is delightful, profound. A distinct voice, in sound, "in rhythm and rhyme," in humor. "Sex, death and all that jazz!" "It doesn't rain in the rainforest anymore"
- SHARON DOUBIAGO, Love on the Streets, My Father's Love, Hard Country

 

"Gelfand floats you through the Russian River Watershed and onto streets of San Francisco with what feels slight of hand to the page. Her integrity to the images holds you in each place to that fleeting moment. You can squint into the sunrise or catch your breath in the moon's fog. You've got to pick this one up and cherish the moments she captured here."

- DOUG JOHNSON, Cave Moon Press


"'The Long Blue Room,' is a splendid powerful collection of poems. Gelfand invites us to see the things that we usually overlook... Her mature poetry inspires chuckles (the Parisian returning home to kiss his wife after have just enjoyed a cassoulet and a crisp Sancerre) and will resonate with contemplative souls in her poetic Sangha. After reading William Saroyan years ago, I wanted to meet him, shake his hand and drink a beer with him. I feel the same way about Joan Gelfand."
- JOEL FALLON, Poet Laureate of Benicia (Emeritus)

 

" "I Know Why Sylvia Plath Put Her Head in the Oven:" A drop dead gorgeous page poem that stunningly revisits a topic you thought was played out for eternity."

- MARK FOGARTY, Polarity eMagazine

 

 

The Long Blue Room was officially launched at local, 
indie shop, Bookshop West Portal on March 27
 & will also be available through Ingram 
& small press distribution.

and finally...

 

You have my deep appreciation!

 

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xo,

 


Joan