You're invited! Traces of the Holy Book Launch Event with Arlice W. Davenport!

We invite you to join Meadowlark poet Arlice W. Davenport for a reading and author talk on Zoom to celebrate his fifth poetry collection, Traces of the Holy!

WHEN: December 4th, 7 p.m. CT

WHERE: Click the Zoom link here!

ORDER TRACES OF THE HOLY HERE!

Arlice W. Davenport is the author of five full-length books of poetry and three chapbooks. All have been published by Meadowlark Press or Meadowlark Poetry Press in Emporia, Kansas. His academic background includes degrees in philosophy, literature, French, and religious studies, along with a concentration of work in art history. He and Norman Carr—whose abstract paintings have adorned the covers of Davenport’s most recent books—have been friends for more than forty years, traveling together internationally, along with Davenport’s wife, Laura. He lives in Wichita, Kansas.

"In his fifth book of poetry, Traces of the Holy, Arlice W. Davenport once again puts forward his thoughts and ruminations about life as poems, this time set against his lifelong readings and study in philosophy, literature, and theology; poems that sometimes sing, sometimes bellow, that seek, that find, that allude to, that delineate nuggets of truth or wisdom or hints at how to find them."
—Roy Beckemeyer, The Currency of His Light

"The best thing to do, I think, to get a feel for the power of this book is to take it into nature. There, with your self fully immersed in the world, you will become aware of the now, the only time you have at your disposal, the moments that Davenport so often invokes. Another thing you will learn with Traces of the Holy in hand is that we are all made for love, both eros and agape. And this book unobtrusively leads you to the Source of those loves."
—Emília Katriňáková, award-winning poet from Bratislava, Slovakia

New Titles on the Meadowlark Bookshelf!

 

We have new titles on the Meadowlark bookshelf!

Living Fire, by Lois Ruby $20.00 Shipping Soon! … a rollicking novel with humor and heart, in harmony with the Kansas motto, “To the stars through difficulties.” View Provocative Lines, The Art of Breaking and Arranging Lines Into Poetry , by Kristine A. Polansky $30.00 More than just a book about writing poetry, this is a history lesson on language and poetic form. View When I Go West: New and Selected Poems, by Bill Sheldon $20.00 In When I Go West, William Sheldon compiles nearly twenty-five years of poetic reflection into one august volume. View Cravings, by Linzi Garcia $16.99 Pay attention: Linzi Garcia knows the recipe for a good poem—honesty, longing, and a bit of blood. In Cravings, Garcia boldly embraces the messiness of life, love, and growing older, day by day. The characters in Garcia’s poems are all flawed, and the better for it. They swallow their sins, break bread together, and toast to creation. Some of these poems are as sweet and warm as fresh-baked cookies at 2 a.m., while others turn up the heat. But never enough to burn you. Just enough to leave you hungry for more. View The Crow Lady: Barbara Waterman-Peters, by Cathy Callen $25.00 This book contains more than 27 full-color images of Barbara’s work, including watercolor, oil on canvas, and sketches. View Saltwood, by Leon Unruh $25.00 A former Russian assassin using the alias Nick Deveraux has become a mysterious American hero but is kept under wraps following his spectacular capture. The FBI releases him after two years, right into the hands of the Russian mob. View Salt, by Kerry Moyer $16.99 Through thrown baseballs and travels down gravel roads, through days of coffee and nights of beer, music and memories, Moyer also examines his dual role of son and father. View The Immigrant Next Door, by James Kenyon $25.00 31 interviews of U.S. immigrants—the historical and cultural contributions of this book are a celebration of the perseverance and industry of the American spirit. View Hearst's Other Castle (2nd Edition), by Enfys McMurry $20.00 Hearst’s Other Castle provides a fascinating insight into the lifestyle of a man whose desires knew no barriers and relates an extraordinary chapter in the story of a historic castle.  A Cottonwood Book, by Meadowlark Press View

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2025 Birdy Poetry Prize Winner, Afloat, Available for Preorder!

 Afloat by Catherine Anderson Is Now Available for Preorder!

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ABOUT THE BOOK
In Afloat, Catherine Anderson inspects the world around her with the detail of a scientist, the imagery of a painter, and the introspection of a philosopher. Through frequently “quotidian” scenarios—learning to knit, cutting rhubarb, purchasing flowers at the grocery store—Anderson ruminates on themes of love, spirituality, and justice, celebrating the beauty and wonder around us but not shying away from the loss and pain that so often accompany them. These poems saint all they touch—feather dancers, bell ringers, rubber pastries, tardigrades—revealing the holy in the everyday and the profound ties that connect us to each other, the natural world, and all that has come before.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Catherine Anderson has published five collections of poetry, including Everyone I Love Immortal (Woodley Press, 2019), Woman with a Gambling Mania (Mayapple Press, 2014), The Work of Hands (Perugia Press, 2000), In the Mother Tongue (Alice James Books, 1983), and Afloat (Meadowlark Press, 2025). In 2022, a memoir about her late brother who had nonspeaking autism, My Brother Speaks in Dreams: Of Family, Beauty & Belonging, was published by Wising Up Press. She has been recognized for her poetry by the Massachusetts Artists’ Foundation, the Southern Humanities Review, the I-70 Review and the Crab Orchard Review. Over the years, her poems have also appeared in the Southern Review, the Harvard Review, and the Dunes Review, among many others. She lives in Kansas City, where she has worked for over twenty years assisting new immigrants and refugees to become skilled interpreters.

2026 BIRDY POETRY PRIZE SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! 

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