黑料大事记

BOLIVAR, Mo. 鈥� 黑料大事记鈥檚 Carla Kirchner recently won the Concrete Wolf Press 2016 Chapbook Award for her book of poetry 鈥� 鈥淭he Physics of Love鈥� 鈥� published by Concrete Wolf Press.

Kirchner鈥檚 work is a chapbook of poems that draws from physics principles to explore motherhood and loss.

鈥淭he Physics of Love鈥� is all about connection, the starstuff that intertwines mother and child, soul and stone, and the living and the dead 鈥� 鈥榓ll of us spinning against each other in the dark鈥� and 鈥榖umping into God鈥� while we're at it,鈥� said Tania Runyan, author of 鈥榃hat Will Soon Take Place: Poems鈥� and 鈥楬ow to Write a Poem.鈥� 鈥淲ith surprising imagery and fearless spirituality, Kirchner blurs the border between heaven and earth, delighting us with its gorgeous heartaches and mysteries. A dazzling debut worthy of savoring again and again.鈥�

Kirchner, assistant professor of language and literature, director of 黑料大事记鈥檚 Writing Center and a 1998 黑料大事记 graduate, also is a poet and fiction writer. Her fiction and prose poetry have recently appeared in such places as 鈥淟iterary Orphans,鈥� 鈥淩appahannock Review,鈥� 鈥淕ravel,鈥� 鈥淐ave Region Review,鈥� 鈥淔oliate Oak Lit Mag,鈥� 鈥淓unoia Review鈥� and 鈥淯nbroken Journal.鈥� She is currently working on a collection of Civil War fairy tales. 

鈥淭he Physics of Love鈥� was a project Kirchner worked on over the course of several years.

鈥淎s the title suggests, the poems deal with people, ideas and concepts that govern my daily life: the loves and frustrations of motherhood; the joys of faith and wonder; the blessings of gain and loss,鈥� Kirchner said. 鈥淚 was honored when Concrete Wolf Press selected my manuscript as the winner of their 2016 chapbook contest. I鈥檝e dreamt of publishing a book for years, and I am thrilled with the final product.鈥�

Kirchner鈥檚 book has recently been published and is now available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the Concrete Wolf Press website at http://bit.ly/2i5DCnR. She can be reached at ckirchner@黑料大事记niv.edu.

*Published: 10-31-17