Fledgling Rag, Issue Seven features Lancaster County, PA poet Gwyn McVay. She is the author of two chapbooks of poems and one full-length collection, Ordinary Beans (Pecan Grove Press, 2007). Recently, her work was included in the anthology Letters to the World (Red Hen Press, 2008). She teaches at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and Millersville University. Once again in Fledgling Rag, there is an amazing array of poetry, written by a total of twelve poets, stuffed into this issue.

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Iris G. Press is pleased to announce the publication of Sonata for Rain by the very talented Rebecca Gonzalez.

Acclaim from the poetry world for Sonata for Rain:

Unique, passionate, magical, intense, Rebecca Gonzalez’s Sonata for Rain sings with fresh, original style. Displaying a feisty yet vulnerable spirit, the musicality of her verses will seduce you. Sonata for Rain has life and breath and is sure to enchant. - Debberae Streett, poet, co-host of Poetry Brew

 
Rebecca Gonzalez’s poems resonate with the rhythm of a courageous and honest heart, the intensity of her soft voice. Becca’s poems synthesize her talents as a visual artist with the language of her poetry so that her reader moves directly through image to truth. Her artist’s eye observes the periph­eral details of life and gives them immense significance. In her own words: “The lilt of a lover’s voice/pollinates the colorful verses that bloom.”
Sonata for Rain is lyrical experience sharpened by the author’s perceptive and powerful vision, leading the reader to revelation. - Carol Clark Williams, Poet Laureate of York

Sonata for Rain is a wrenching journey through the labyrinth of the heart. It is a triumphant evocation of the human spirit. — Jeff Rath, author of The Waiting Room at the End of the World

Rebecca Gonzalez’s long-awaited poetry collection gives its readers moments of reflection and contemplation that are as universal as they are delicate. These gentle poems, some juxtaposed with their original Spanish version, offer sincere pleadings (“Remind me that it is/all worth the sacrifice”) and aching (“I need you/like a breath”) that carry Sonata for Rain right into the heart.  — Barbara DeCesare, author of Silent Type and jigsaweyesore

To purchase a copy or five of Sonata for Rain, send an e-mail to irisgpress@aol.com.

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