Words by Scott Thomas Outlar
Music by Elize Kaisser

An excerpt from my forthcoming collaborative book, Evermore (written with co-author, Mihaela Melnic).

I’m happy to share this reading I did of Mihaela Melnic’s poem “Clay and Blood” which she posted recently on her YouTube channel. The piece was originally published at Dissident Voice and is an excerpt from our forthcoming collaborative book, Evermore (due out this summer through 17Numa Press)….

This week’s episode of Songs of Selah kicked off with my thoughts about the month of May as it drew to a close, and the show also featured an interview with Zoe Brooks about her new book, Owl Unbound.

Episode #147 can be listened to here…
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/17numaradio/2021/05/31/songs-of-selah-with-scott-thomas-outlar

I’m stoked that my poem “Halo Equated” was published recently by The Piker Press out of California. Thank you to Sand Pilarski for including my work at her site. That piece can be read here…

http://www.pikerpress.com/article.php?aID=8385

I felt the urge to run my mouth a bit in a new video today on YouTube where I spoke about Songs of Selah, my recent speech delivered to the Atlanta Writers Club, the Viral Literature: Alone Together in Georgia anthology released through the AWC, and a few other goings-on from so far in May.…

My weekly poem at Dissident Voice, “Inversion Is Their Only Tool,” can be read here…

https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/inversion-is-their-only-tool/

I’m happy that three of my poems appear in the new volume of Impspired Magazine released out of the UK. Thank you to Steve Cawte for including my work. Copies are available here…

https://www.amazon.com/dp/191413026X

I’m thrilled that three of my poems appear in the new May issue of Borderless Journal. Thank you to Mitali Chakravarty for including my work in her venue. “Of Gasping and Grasping,” “Headlight Fever,” and “Scattered Ages” can be read here…

https://borderlessjournal.com/2021/05/14/three-poems-by-scott-thomas-outlar/

Thank you to Soodabeh Saeidnia for including five of my poems in the new Lockdown Prayers print anthology she edited. Copies are available here…

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093RKFVRP?

This week’s episode of Songs of Selah featured an interview with C. Cimmone about her new poetry collection, Torn Up (Femme Salve Books, May 2021).

The conversation continued into the second hour with Elisabeth Horan and Beth Gordon of Animal Heart Press joining in to talk about life, art, and the healing power of poetry.

Episode #146 can be listened to here…

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/17numaradio/2021/05/18/songs-of-selah-with-scott-thomas-outlar