BOLIVAR \u2013 Southwest Baptist University\u2019s Carla Kirchner recently won the Concrete Wolf Press 2016 Chapbook Award for her book of poetry \u2013 \u201cThe Physics of Love\u201d \u2013 published by Concrete Wolf Press.<\/p>\n
Kirchner\u2019s work is a chapbook of poems that draws from physics principles to explore motherhood and loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Physics of Love\u201d is all about connection, the starstuff that intertwines mother and child, soul and stone, and the living and the dead \u2013 \u2018all of us spinning against each other in the dark\u2019 and \u2018bumping into God\u2019 while we\u2019re at it,\u201d said Tania Runyan, author of \u2018What Will Soon Take Place: Poems\u2019 and \u2018How to Write a Poem.\u2019 \u201cWith 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kirchner, assistant professor of language and literature, director of SBU\u2019s Writing Center and a 1998 SBU graduate, also is a poet and fiction writer. Her fiction and prose poetry have recently appeared in such places as \u201cLiterary Orphans,\u201d \u201cRappahannock Review,\u201d \u201cGravel,\u201d \u201cCave Region Review,\u201d \u201cFoliate Oak Lit Mag,\u201d \u201cEunoia Review\u201d and \u201cUnbroken Journal.\u201d She is currently working on a collection of Civil War fairy tales.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Physics of Love\u201d was a project Kirchner worked on over the course of several years.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs 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,\u201d Kirchner said. \u201cI was honored when Concrete Wolf Press selected my manuscript as the winner of their 2016 chapbook contest. I\u2019ve dreamt of publishing a book for years, and I am thrilled with the final product.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kirchner\u2019s 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@SBUniv.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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