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Leah Maines
American Poet, Author, Nonfiction Writer, Script Doctor, Editor, and Publisher

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I'm the USA editor for a new non-profit USA/France/Germany literary joint

May.04.2012

I'm the USA editor for a new non-profit USA/France/Germany literary joint

Finishing Line Press' new partnership: USA/Europe non-profit literary joint. My guests include Phil Abrams, David Amram, Jimi Jamison, and Melora Walters, just to name a few: http://levurelitteraire.com/edito-angl

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PUBLISHED: Jan.01.2008

The Craft & Business Of Writing: Essential Tools For Writing Success (Editors of Writers Digest)

The Business of Poetry: The Art of Self-Promotion

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PUBLISHED:

Beyond the River

"Maines conducts a poet's inquiry into the meaning of life. Readers of this chapbook will discover some curious answers through these 20 often understated, at times sparsely elegant, but always accessible poems ranging from an extended verse on the preparation of dinner to a mother's dying whisper." --Rob Stout, The Cincinnati Enquirer "I enjoyed Maines' poems...

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PUBLISHED:

Looking to the East With Western Eyes

Leah Maines traces with delicate poetic brush strokes moments of love and tenderness, images of nature, feelings of joy, sometimes of sadness and slight unease-- like the hungry bird, I, too,am searching for sustenance andfind it in a rayof sun that fools the clouds andfor a moment I forget home...("During the Rainy Season") Like a Zen painting which always leaves an...

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Leah's Latest Blogs

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Apr.12.2012 - 9:21 am

How do I describe G-d’s Love?

How do I describe G-d’s Love? for the Master I sit here; my fleshy heart fails me, ...

Apr.10.2012 - 8:48 am

Kuwaiti Artist Shurooq Amin: about censorship & about freedom

This is from my FLP author Shurooq Amin "Dear art supporters: I was invited to MBC Beirut to appear on the program Kalam Nawaen to speak about my journey, about the closure...

Apr.10.2012 - 8:48 am

Kuwaiti Artist Shurooq Amin: about censorship & about freedom

This is from my FLP author Shurooq Amin "Dear art supporters: I was invited to MBC Beirut to appear on the program Kalam Nawaen to speak about my journey, about the closure...

Mar.27.2012 - 6:42 am

Dying in Childbirth

Icy Jackson Patton and husband. Family photos of Leah Maines

Dying in Childbirth for little Icy Jackson Patton and her twin sons My dear Icy, I think...

Comments from Leah

Mar.24.2012 - 3:16 pm

In response to: Original Manuscripts From Famous Authors Available Online

Great read!

Oh, I loved this. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Jan.28.2012 - 8:05 pm

In response to: No, I Don't Feel Like A Fish Seller!

Thank You!!!

Oh, how very wonderful!!! Yes, please let me know all about it, and if there is anything online, please give me...

Jan.28.2012 - 7:47 pm

In response to: No, I Don't Feel Like A Fish Seller!

Yes, I know, and I'm so

Yes, I know, and I'm so thankful to you for doing so. I only felt the need to add my say. Blessings, Leah

Jan.28.2012 - 6:57 pm

In response to: No, I Don't Feel Like A Fish Seller!

If no one promotes the book publishing will end

Greetings. Finishing line press does not require authors to ever pay for book publishing. We are not a vanity press...

Aug.15.2011 - 8:02 pm

In response to: HEY, THANK YOU!!! MY IMBD "STAR METER" HAS REALLY JUMPED THIS WEEK!

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http://www.imdb.me/leahmaines

Writing

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Poem: The show will start with poetry by Leah Maines. "My Steady You"

Article: Self-Promotion for Poets

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Leah Maines

Leah Maines has edited over 800 poetry, play and fiction collections, including several award-winning titles. She is former Poet-in-Residence of Northern Kentucky University (funded in part by the Kentucky Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities). Maines is the author of two...

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This is not a time for sitting on one's behind whilst holding a cat. Put down that cat! Arise! Do something! I don't know? Something? Ehh... ”

—Leah Maines

About Leah

Leah Maines has edited over 800 poetry, fiction, and play collections, including several award-winning titles. She is former Poet-in-Residence of Northern Kentucky University (funded in part by the Kentucky Humanities Council and the National Endowment for...

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