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Sunday, April 11, 2021

Poet LB Sedlacek Reviews New Modern History Press Poetry Book

“Septuagenarian”
Love is What Happens When I Die
By Sherry Quan Lee
102 pages
ISBN: 978-1-61599-568-4
Modern History Press
www.modernhistorypress.com
Copyright 2021

Available on Amazon

Review by LB Sedlacek

Sherry Quan Lee has put together an unsettling yet brilliant juxtaposition of sweet and sad, love and anger that will hit you right at your emotional core. The collection feels almost like heartfelt portraits of pain, disconnection, and strength all rolled into one.

Her poems, though, delve deeper beyond emotion presenting lines that achieve poignancy with their build-up. Context is important with any poem and Quan Lee achieves that. Her poems are fulfilling and real.

Poet LB Sedlacek Reviews New Modern History Press Poetry Book

Her approach is straightforward. Poems examining her life till now offer personal and compelling details. She invites us to participate in her struggle, her internal voyages throughout the years. Her descriptions are vivid and they allow us to see beyond the setting into her internal strife.

Each poem stands alone, but each poem complements the other poem before it. Same with each section of the book. The author doesn’t let you forget that she is human and willing to bare her soul within her verses.

It’s a well-crafted book. Her words will seep into your heart and then some.

More About the Reviewer

LB Sedlacek is the author of the poetry collections “Words and Bones,” “Simultaneous Submissions,” “The Adventures of Stick People on Cars,” and “The Poet Next Door.” Her first short story collection came out last year entitled “Four Thieves of Vinegar & Other Short Stories.” Her mystery novel “The Glass River” was nominated for the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award. She writes poetry reviews for “The Poetry Market Ezine” www.thepoetrymarket.com You can find out more about her at www.lbsedlacek.com.

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Friday, February 5, 2021

LB Sedlacek Earns Prolific Poet Designation

Four New Books: Chuck Town, Suicide Pumpkin,

The Blue Eyed Side, The Poet Protection Plan

Author: L. B. Sedlacek

Publishers: See author bio in this post.

Purchase URLs listed with each synopsis

NEW FROM POET AND AUTHOR, LB SEDLACEK

Head on down the cobblestone streets onto Rainbow Row in this Charleston, South Carolina

themed poetry book from award winning poet, author and poem critic, LB Sedlacek. Visit Folly

Beach, Murray's Lighthouse, Waterfront Park, the Battery, the USS Yorktown, Mt. Pleasant and

more in this brand new collection.

https://www.amazon.com/Chucktown-Charleston-New-York-South/dp/B08RR363FG

Mikeal is a kite surfer in North Carolina, raised by his grandparents. After they are murdered, he

rents the inherited cottage to Alexis, an actress. Together this unlikely pair decides to investigate.

Award winning poet, LB Sedlacek, takes you into a dark mountain tale in this new poem novel

published by Cyberwit, “The Blue Eyed Side.” Cover photo of Blue Ridge Parkway by LB Sedlacek.

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Eyed-Side-L-B-Sedlacek/dp/9388319303

The suicide plans of a would-be actress in Hollywood fall apart when she meets her Prince Charming

who comes complete with a white Porsche & a pumpkin. Get to know Jessica & Jeremy in this

humorous but twisted Cinderella story.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PPNQ4GG

From the Publisher and Editor of the long time free resource for Poets, "The Poetry Market Ezine,"

comes a book on being a poet! The essays or articles in this new book are about writing, or

marketing yourself as a writer. Navigating your life as a writer or poet, may be difficult. Do you

have another job besides writing? Even if you have a writing related job, you are probably doing

that to supplement your writer life income. There’s hope! At least, that’s what these essays are

all about, how you can gel your regular work life with your work as a writer.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08L1H8948

More About L.B. Sedlacek

L.B. Sedlacek's is the former editor of "The Poetry Market Ezine" and a prolific poet. She has written many poetry chapbooks, like Mars or Bust, many of them reviewed here on MyShelf.com and here on the #TheNewBookReview. (Use this blog's search engine to find them.) Synopses of some of her latest books are included in this post. Recent books include "The Blue Eyed Side" (Cyberwit), "Happy Little Clouds" (Guerilla Genesis Press), "The Poet Next Door" (Cyberwit), "The Architect of French Fries" (Presa Press) and "Words and Bones" (Finishing Line Press). Her short story collection, "Four Thieves of Vinegar & Other Short Stories" is available from Alien Buddha Press.

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Saturday, December 12, 2020

Taking a Road Trip in the Time of Covid

Title: This Space Available

Author: LB Sedlacek

Publisher: Goats on Mars Press, 2020

ISBN 9798654725974

Adult/ Poetry

Contact Reviewer: hojoreviews@aol.com

Taking a Road Trip in the Time of Covid

Though LB Sedlacek is a force in the poetry world, I don’t want you to think of her This Space Available as poetry. In these times of Covid, I want you to think of it as a journal—very nearly a record of the simple pleasures of her road trip through the South. Perhaps you could even make it a substitute trip for yourself as you stay cozily ensconced in the recommended sheltering you know is best for you.

Readers who don’t believe themselves to be poetry aficionados will love the simple language, the conversational pacing, the way she can make a point without being didactic as she does in the title poem when she observes that the huge billboards advertising religion she sees along the side of the road in South Carolina. “It must cost a lot to be advertising Jesus,” she says. She does something similar with the cops in Georgia (and, an ever equal opportunity poet, the drivers!) and those who sell baby alligators to who- knows- what- fate. She tells the mini-stories. The reader gets to feel the way he or she feels about it.

Nevertheless, Sedlacek’s poetic nature is alive everywhere. She is seeing a part of the US with a fresh perspective. And you get it in little living pieces, sometimes recorded with her camera in full-blown color as well as words.

You may decide this slender book is the best trip you could possibly take in this, the summer of 2020. Perhaps you want an assessment in one word. Here it is: “Refreshing.”

On Amazon

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Thursday, October 1, 2020

Poet LB Sedlacek Reviews Stefanie Hutchenson's "True Stories"

Title: “The Adventures of George and Mabel”

Subtitle: Kind of, sort of, could be! True Stories

Genre: Creative Nonfiction or based on more almost (Kind of? Sort of? Could be!) True Stories

Author: Stefanie Hutchenson

ASIN: B086J31PX3

Available on Amazon at https://amzn.to/35VubSA

Reviewed by LB Sedlacek

George and Mabel and a host of new characters (or real life folks depending on how well you know the real George and Mabel) are back with a host of new adventures and fun filled tales. This is sweet southern liter

ature at its finest, reading these stories simply make you feel good all the way around or make you think about things just a little more.

Hutcheson derives her tales from real life events that she makes into heart warming or heart wrenching stories take your emotional pick. As an avid reader, I like to be entertained and escape into the book when I read. These stories center around “Charlie Brown,” family meals, one tube of Chapstick gone awry, almost running out of gas in the NC mountains and so many other wonderful spontaneous moments. Reading Hutcheson’s writing is like cuddling up on the couch with a blanket watching a favorite movie or sitting in your reading ch

air or nook enjoying a book, newspaper or e-book.

In this follow up to the first book, you will get to experience more of the love and companionship shared by the two main characters and how they live their lives with a sense of upbeat curiosity. These tales even at the most poignant moments will brighten your day. You’ll have a good time reading this, I sure did!

More About the Author

Stefanie Hutcheson (1963-) grew up in Burnsville, North Carolina. Although it took her nearly nineteen years, Stefanie finally completed her BA at Mars Hill College in 1999. Prior to graduation, she spent several years as a wife and mother, raising her family in Mills River, NC, before moving to Lenoir, where she now resides.

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LB Sedlacek’s is the author of several books of poetry including “The Poet Next Door” (Cyberwit), “Happy Little Clouds” (Guerrilla Genesis Press), “The Adventures of Stick People on Cars” (Alien Buddha Press) and “Words and Bones” (Finishing Line Press). Her first short story collection, “Four Thieves of Vinegar & Other Short Stories” came out on Leap Day 2020 from Alien Buddha Press. Find out more: http://www.lbsedlacek.com Reach her at lbsedlacek@gmail.com. Tweet with her @lbsedlacek

oet LB Sedlacek Reviews Stefanie Hutchenson's "True Stories"

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Poet LB Sedlacek's Review of "Nature Sketch" in Its Own Poetic Form

“Nature Sketch”

A poem about the 12 Apostles in Victoria, Australia

by Jimmy Tan San Tek

ISBN 978-981-11-7595-4

https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Sketch-Apostles-Victoria-Australia/dp/1983023140

Reviewed by LB Sedlacek

“Nature Sketch” is reminiscent of romantic

poetry. It is the first book by Jimmy Tan

San Tek. He was inspired to write it after

visiting the coastal landforms.

His verses are accompanied by gorgeous

pictures which help bring the words to life.

You can simply imagine being there seeing and

experiencing what he saw with lines such as

“Here I am, peering agape at the churning

froth, / tracing the shadows that veil like

ebony cloth / of the trapped towers confined

to isolation / (Lonesome not as they huddle

in congregations).”

One of my favorite poets is Coleridge – some

of the lines here are in the same style and form.

This poetry book is a calling card of sorts

bringing the 12 Apostles to a natural life

in his words and verses.

His writing style is compelling and each line

not only shows a contemplation of what

might be happening, what could be

happening with the rocks as well as a respect

for them and their presence, necessity.

Observation is key as a poet. With this

work, Jimmy has accomplished maybe

the impossible – putting those magnificent

natural wonders into words and sharing

them with everyone as well as inspiring

them, too.

He sums it up with “I cast a backward

glance at the silent sentries / which have

stood vigilent over countless centuries.”

The book is beautiful and in itself the

poems are a work of art.

ABOUT THE REVIEWER LB SEDLACEK

LB Sedlacek’s is the author of several books

of poetry including “The Poet Next Door”

(Cyberwit), “Happy Little Clouds”

(Guerrilla Genesis Press), “The

Adventures of Stick People on Cars” (Alien

Buddha Press) and “Words and Bones”

(Finishing Line Press). Her first short story

collection, “Four Thieves of Vinegar & Other

Short Stories” came out on Leap Day 2020 from

Alien Buddha Press. Find out more:

http://www.lbsedlacek.com

Twitter: @lbsedlacek

Poet LB Sedlacek's Review of "Nature Sketch" in Its Own Poetic Form

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Sunday, March 10, 2019

Editor Reviews LB Sedlacek New Poetry Book

Words and Bones

By LB Sedlacek

Published 2018

Finishing Line Press

Genre: Poetry

42 pages

ISBN-10: 1635346320

ISBN-13: 978-1635346329

www.lbsedlacek.com

Reviewed by Cristina M.R. Norcross

In L.B. Sedlacek’s collection, Words and Bones, we see the wonder of every day miracles presented to us using spare, but precise language, and imagery that opens up the sky and earth in unique ways. If we follow the thread of words in these engaging poems, we not only find our way out of the forest of life, we emerge with a deeper understanding of human connection, ways of seeing, and inner knowing. These are poems to be savored and sipped. These words and bones shed light on the mysterious world around us and skillfully offer a poetic guide map.

L.B. Sedlacek’s poetry has appeared in publications such as "Pure Francis," "The Broad River Review," "The Broken Plate," "I-70 Review," "Third Wednesday," "Mastodon Dentist," "Big Pulp," and others. Her latest poetry book, "The Architect of French Fries" was recently published by Presa Press. She also teaches poetry at local elementary and middle schools, publishes a free resource for poets "The Poetry Market Ezine," and was a Poetry Editor for "ESC! Magazine." In her free time, LB enjoys swimming, reading, and volunteering for her local humane society. Find out more: www.lbsedlacek.com

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