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Advance praise for
Because the bullet arrives
The French poet Jean Follain once said, “Guns are the jewelry of men.” In Caroline Rash’s poems guns can serve as talismans, for both men and women, of desire and love. Her poems have a richness of close attention to detail. Some are vivid speculations about mortality, and affection for those no longer with us. Others celebrate contact with water, contact of body to body, body in contact with the larger world. In Rash’s work we hear voices of both struggle and achievement, inspired by close family bonds, and anticipation of new life.
—Robert Morgan, Author of Dark Energy
About the author
Caroline Rash is a writer, educator, and quilter. Her work has been published in North Carolina Literary Review, Fine Print, Connotation Press, and Decider. She serves as associate editor at the South Carolina Review and holds an MFA from Rutgers-Camden. Her creative nonfiction was selected as a finalist for the 2021 Alex Albright Prize. Find her at CarolineRash.com.
Bringing books to market, one manuscript at a time!
Since 2017, Redhawk Publications at Catawba Valley Community College has been proud to bring distinctive voices and original books to life, with more than 200 titles published so far. We are one of only a handful of community colleges in the United States with a literary press. To learn more about Redhawk, our submission guidelines, local literary services, or writing workshops, feel free to contact Patty Thompson at pthompson994@cvcc.edu.
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