The Gravity Soundtrack named finalist in ForeWord Book of the Year Awards
ForeWord Magazine, the only literary review trade journal devoted exclusively to covering independent presses, named The Gravity Soundtrack one of 15 finalists for the 2007 Book of the Year Award in poetry. Thanks to WordFarm for submitting the book and for doing such a fantastic job on the editing and publishing end!
Erin in Louisville Magazine
The October issue of Louisville Magazine featured a nice article on me and the book.
“I have strong ties to Louisville because I’ve lived here for 13 years, but I never really felt tied to Kentucky itself as a place the way so many Kentucky writers do,” says soft-spoken but spirited poet Erin Keane. Instead, her appeal broadens beyond the Bluegrass; her themes are relevant in a more temporal rather than spatial way. “The pop culture is really what binds all suburban kids at some point,” she says. “It’s cable television; it’s MTV, alternative music, all that stuff. It depends on when you grew up, not where you grew up.”
Keep reading the article and check out John Nation's great photograph, taken in Mag Bar right here in Louisville.
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What are they saying about The Gravity Soundtrack?
Read an excerpt and learn more abou the book and WordFarm.
The Gravity Soundtrack includes a section of poems inspired by classic children's literature and many of the rock & roll poems from The One-Hit Wonders (but not all — completists, order your chapbook today!). Other characters featured include Priscilla Johnson, Big Daddy, Aunt Molly, barroom angels and the 100-year cicada.
Cringe along with Erin
An early, terrible sonnet of Erin's (scanned straight from her high school journal, with illustrations, no less!) has been selected for Cringe, an anthology from Random House edited by writer and Cringe Reading Series director Sarah Brown, who says of the book: "The more dramatic, embarrassing or excruciating the writing, the better. A good test to determine whether or not your material is Cringe-worthy: when you read it to yourself, do you physically cringe? Then for the love of god, it needs to be in this book. Seriously. You are going to be so glad you did this. Cheaper and better than therapy." Look for Cringe in March 2008!
Poems in Kentucky anthology
Five of Erin's poems have been published in New Growth, an anthology of emerging Kentucky writers published by the Jesse Stuart Foundation. This anthology includes fiction by Lauren Titus, Aimee Zaring, Mike Hampton and Matt Jaeger; poetry by Tammy Ramsey and Sherry Chandler; and nonfiction by Graham Shelby. Buy your copy today!