Ron Mohring – Dave Bonta https://davebonta.com multimedia poet from the sticks Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:41:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://davebonta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-IMG_4181-scaled-1-32x32.jpeg Ron Mohring – Dave Bonta https://davebonta.com 32 32 43297170 Proof that “Breakdown” is on its way at long last https://davebonta.com/2013/09/proof-that-breakdown-is-on-its-way-at-long-last/ Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:41:54 +0000 http://davebonta.com/?p=694 cover page of proof for Breakdown: Banjo PoemsThis is the uncorrected author proof for my poetry chapbook Breakdown: Banjo Poems, due out soon from Seven Kitchens Press. That was the manuscript I sent off to the Keystone Chapbook Prize in 2011 on a whim, thinking the press could use a donation (my entry fee). Imagine my surprise when mine was one of the two winners that year, selected by Sascha Feinstein. Oops! Well, what can I say — I still think it’s a fun collection, and there are several poems in it which I am very proud to have written. More than that, I couldn’t be happier with Ron Mohring’s design and font choice. I haven’t seen the final cover yet, but I’m really looking forward to it, since it will feature a painting by my friend Steven Sherrill, who is a terrific novelist and poet — not to mention a banjo player.

Breakdown has been a little late in coming, but as Ron says on the website, “We truly appreciate everyone’s patience and good wishes as we relocated—and rebooted—the press.” Stay tuned. I think it will prove to be well worth the wait.

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