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COVER ART
We received many beautiful and striking works in response to our request for submissions for cover art for our latest book in the Quartet Series. The book is titled Embark, and the winning cover image is “The Other Side of Monday,” a work in acrylic and ink on watercolor paper by Gowri Savoor of Montpelier, Vermont. Many, many thanks to everyone who submitted their work.
WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST QUARTET SERIES POETS
HERE (TA-DA!) ARE THE FOUR POETS whose work will appear in our next Quartet Series book:
David Morse, Storrs, CT
Sierra Nelson, Seattle, WA
Eleanor Paynter, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Emily Stokes, Sellersville, PA
We wish also to honor three finalists, Derek Pollard (NJ), Kathleen Hellen (MD) and Heidi Johannesen Poon (VA). Many thanks to all who submitted their work.
This seventh volume in the series will be published this coming fall. Details will be posted here; please check back.
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SUBMISSIONS
We’re inviting SUBMISSIONS OF ARTWORK to appear on the cover of the upcoming Quartet Series book. DEADLINE: Friday, May 4, 2012; CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE COVER ARTWORK SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
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READINGS AND EVENTS
Toadlily’s 2011 volume, The Best of Toadlily Press, features works by each of our 24 Quartet Series authors, and by many of the eminent literary figures who have supported our press. For details and to order a copy, click here.
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CALENDAR 2012—
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Thursday, April 5, 1-2:30 p.m.
Toadlily Press Reading with Myrna Goodman, Meredith Trede & others
JCC of Mid-Westchester
999 Wilmot Road
Scarsdale, NY 10583
(914) 472-3300
jccmw.org
Saturday, April 14, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Jennifer Wallace at 9th Annual CityLit Festival—Panel Discussion & Reading
Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 396-5430
prattlibrary.org, citylitproject.org
Thursday, April 19
Jennifer Wallace at PerVerse Reading Series
PerVerse—Where the Arts Get Twisted
Cyclops Books
30 West North Ave. at Maryland Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 752-4487
Cyclops Books on Facebook
Curated by David Drager, Julie Fisher and LuminoUS
PoetryInBaltimore.com
Thursday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Meredith Trede reads with fellow winners of the Nicholson Political Poetry Prize
Town of Pelham Public Library
530 Colonial Ave.
Pelham, NY 10803
(914) 738-1234
pelhamlibrary.org
Sunday, April 29, 1:30 p.m.
Meredith Trede Reading
JCC on the Hudson
371 S. Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
(914) 366-7898
jcconthehudson.org
Sunday, April 29, 4:00 p.m.
Jennifer Wallace at Essential Sundays
Minas Gallery & Boutique
815 W. 36th St.
Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 732-4258
PoetryInBaltimore.com
JUNE
Friday, June 15, 7:30 p.m.
Meredith Trede Reading
The Village Bookstore
10 Washington Avenue
Pleasantville, NY 10570
(914) 769-8322
AUGUST
Sunday, August 5
Small Press Reading
The Hudson Valley Writers’ Center
300 Riverside Drive
Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591
(914) 332-5953
writerscenter.org
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, September 23, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Toadlily Authors & Editors at Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
brooklynbookfestival.org
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For past events, click here.
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THE BEST OF TOADLILY PRESS is edited by Myrna Goodman and Meredith Trede and includes poems by:
Diana Alvarez
Marcia Arrieta
Elizabeth Austen
Andrea Bates, Emma Bolden
Michael Carman, Emily Carr
Gladys Justin Carr, Suzanne Cleary
Mark Cox, Victoria Givotovsky
Myrna Goodman, Heidi Hart
Pamela Hart, Cynthia Hogue
Kate Knapp Johnson
Ilya Kaminsky, Pat Landreth Keller
Carol Stevens Kner, George Kraus, Noah Kucij
Thomas Lux, Ginger Murchison, Sean Nevin
Matthew Nienow, Ed Pavlic, Molly Peacock
Lia Purpura, David Rivard, Elizabeth Robinson
Tim Seibles, Vijay Seshadri, Elaine Sexton
Maxine Silverman, Allen Strous, Sarah Suzor
Vivian Teter, Meredith Trede, Jean Valentine
Jennifer Wallace, Susan Settlemyre Williams
Diana Woodcock
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Meredith Trede’s book, Field Theory, was published by SFA University Press, Stephen F. Austin State University, September, 2011. Thomas Lux writes: “Field Theory is a book of grown up poems written by and for grown ups: unflinching, tender, original, and deeply skilled.” For more, visit www.meredithtrede.com.
PRAISE FOR THE QUARTET SERIES
What a good idea: gather chapbook-sized collections from four excellent poets and print them together in one book. Four books for the price of one, four different voices . . .
Thomas Lux
. . . this dashing new concept for a book of poems . . .
Molly Peacock







