Category Archives: Philip Sorenson

2013 Black Box Poetry Prize

Posted on 05/29/2013 by Rescue Press

The Black Box Poetry Prize June, 2013 Judge: Heather Christle Rescue Press presents The Black Box Poetry Prize, a contest for full-length collections of poetry, open to poets at any stage in their writing careers. This year’s submissions will be accepted … Continue reading →

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February News from Rescue

Posted on 02/26/2013 by Rescue Press

Have you been wondering what the Rescue crew is up to? Here are a few updates and a bunch of new work from Rescue Press authors and editors: Marc Rahe has new poems up at Petri Press. Madeline McDonnell’s new … Continue reading →

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Phil Sorenson & Olivia Cronk Reading

Posted on 10/23/2012 by Rescue Press

Dear Iowa City, Join us at Prairie Lights this Saturday at 4pm for a reading with Rescue author Phil Sorenson (OF EMBODIES, 2012) and Olivia Cronk, author of SKIN HORSE (Action Books, 2011). We love them both, and so will … Continue reading →

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2012 Black Box Poetry Prize Results:

Posted on 09/26/2012 by Rescue Press

Rescue Press is excited to announce Todd Melicker as the winner of this year’s Black Box Poetry Prize. Todd’s manuscript, rendezvous, was chosen by our judge, Zach Savich, and will be published in Fall 2013. Todd Melicker daily wanders the … Continue reading →

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Safety Book #22 (Phil Sorenson)

Posted on 08/16/2012 by Rescue Press

The book is Georg Trakl: Poems and Prose, translated by Alexander Stillmark, who also provides an excellent introduction. I love the book for its expressionism, its grimness, its excess. It’s strange. It’s cinematic; I mean that the book’s images resemble some of my favorite … Continue reading →

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Of Embodies + Skin Horse

Posted on 07/18/2012 by Rescue Press

Are you in Chicago tonight? Go see the ever wonderful Philip Sorenson–editor’s choice pick for last year’s Black Box poetry prize–read from OF EMBODIES with Olivia Cronk, author of SKIN HORSE, at Danny’s Reading Series!!!

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AVAILABLE NOW: New Poetry by Blueberry Morningsnow and Philip Sorenson!

Posted on 05/31/2012 by Rescue Press

Dear Readers, Thinkers, Bikers, and Book-Lovers Around the World: Rescue Press is thrilled to announce the release of our two newest poetry books–Blueberry Morningsnow’s prize winning WHALE IN THE WOODS and Philip Sorenson’s OF EMBODIES–which are both now available for … Continue reading →

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Break/ Into Blossom:

Posted on 05/04/2012 by Rescue Press

Rescue Press is over-the-moon excited for the imminent release of our next two books of poetry: Blueberry Morningsnow’s WHALE IN THE WOODS (winner of the Black Box Poetry Prize, selected by Sabrina Orah Mark) and Philip Sorenson’s OF EMBODIES. Both books will … Continue reading →

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