Category: Robert Dean

Members in Spring 2021 Issue of Flint Hills Review

8/10/2021

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr. has a poem in the new issue of Flint Hills Review, poem titled "Number of the Beast."

The journal also features an entry by Boyd Bauman of District 2.

Kevin Rabas (D2) is a consulting editor of the publication and layout and design of the publication was completed by Linzi Garcia (D2).

Members published in most recent issue of Thorny Locust

7/23/2021

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., has a poem titled "Firekeeper" in the new issue of the print magazine "Thorny Locust," published out of Kansas City, MO, Silvia Kofler, editor.

Other members featured in this issue include:
Brian Daldorph (D2)
Beth Gulley (D2)
Kevin Rabas (D2)
Tyler Robert Sheldon (D2)
Maryfrances Wagner (D2)

Robert L. Dean Featured Reader at Oceanside Public Library Poetry Series

7/16/2021

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., will be a featured reader at the Oceanside Public Library Poetry Series via Zoom on Tuesday, July 20th, 2021, beginning at 6 PM Central time (7 PM Eastern), along with New Jersey poet Michael A. Griffith. Details in the attached flyer, and the Zoom link below. Dean has been attending this group over the summer and the poets are terrific and very welcoming:

Zoom link:
https://zoom.us/j/95426731760
Meeting ID: 954 2673 1760

Robert Dean Published in MacQueen's Quinterly

6/15/2021

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., has a prose poem titled "Spacemen" in the new June issue of MacQueen's Quinterly. "Spacemen" originally appeared in Flint Hills Review and is collected in Dean's book "At the Lake With Heisenberg." Clare MacQueen graciously asked to reprint the piece for her June issue. A link to the poem appears here: MacQueen’s Quinterly: Poetry & Hybrids: Robert L. Dean, Jr.: Spacemen

Turning Plow Press Reading by D5 Member

6/14/2021

TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2021 AT 7 PM CDT

Turning Plow Press Reading

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., is joining two Oklahoma poets, Don Stinson and Hank Jones, for the first Turning Plow Press reading. Dean, Stinson & Jones are the first authors published by the new indie press Turning Plow Press, based in Ringwood, Ok, and founded by Paul Bowers. Join us for a sampling of what this new press has to offer. This reading was rescheduled from its original date in May. The link to the Face Book event page is below. From the event page, click on the registration link to receive the Zoom link for the reading, and please be sure to check "going." We hope to see you there!

Turning Plow Press Reading

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D5 Member Published in Sheila-Na-Gig online.

6/4/2021

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., has a poem in the new issue of Sheila-Na-Gig online. Check it out here, and be sure to browse the rest of the issue. This is Dean's first attempt with this publication, and he encourages all poets to try them. He says the editor, Hayley Mitchell Haugen, is a joy to work with.

Robert L. Dean Reading at SpoFest Poetry Reading, April 20

4/9/2021

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., will be one of four featured readers at the SpoFest poetry reading on Tuesday, April 20th, beginning at 7 PM CDT. Robert will be reading from his latest book, "The Aerialist will not be Performing" as well as showing the accompanying art by Steven Schroeder. From the Face Book event page link below, check "Going," click on "see more" (if needed) and then on the Zoom request link to register. You will receive the Zoom link after you register. There is also a Face Book live stream; however, if you register for Zoom, you can also enter the book drawing to win a book by the co-host. Robert hopes to see many familiar faces in the Zoom crowd on the 20th. This is a bi-monthly event, happening the first and third Tuesdays every month, with an open mic event on the fourth Tuesday of each month. SpoFest is hosted by James Bryant, out of Sedalia, Missouri. Poets from all over the country read at this event, so tune in and hear someone new as well!

SpoFest Open Mic Poetry and Prose

Robert Dean Poem in MacQueen's Quinterly, Issue #7

4/1/2021

KAC D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr. has a poem in the new issue of MacQueen's Quinterly, issue #7, March 2021. The poem is titled "Borrowed Time." Dean has been in every issue of MacQueen's Quinterly to date. A link to the poem page is included here:
MacQueen’s Quinterly: Poetry & Hybrids: Robert L. Dean, Jr.: Borrowed Time

Finishing Line Press to Publish Dean chapbook

2/6/2021

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., received notification from Finishing Line Press that they have accepted his chapbook manuscript, "Pulp," for publication. Though Robert has two full-length books out, this will be his first chapbook. More details as they become available.

Robert Dean published in October Hill Magazine

1/16/2021

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr.'s poem "The Tear" just came out in the new issue of October Hill Magazine. A link to the magazine's issue archives is provided below. The new issue is OHM Winter 2020, Volume 4, Issue 4. You can either 1: click on the image of the issue cover, which will open up the issue, or 2: click on "New! Digital Download," which is a much better way to open the issue; it will not download to your computer but open as a pdf, you have to click on the download icon after the issue opens to download the issue to your computer. Dean's poem "The Tear" is the last item in the issue, on page 164. A beautiful online magazine, and very nice folks. This is Dean's second appearance in October Hill Magazine. Link:

October Hill Magazine Archives

Robert Dean Featured on Sunday Poems with Ken Hada

1/15/2021

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr.'s poem "Cloudy with a Chance of Miracles," from Dean's latest book, The Aerialist Will Not Be Performing, was featured Sunday, January 10th, on Ken Hada's podcast "The Sunday Poems with Ken Hada." It is part of Episode #120. This is the Second Sunday in a row Ken has read from Dean's recent book. Ken also reads one of his own poems, "What We Have Lost," and briefly reflects on the events from Wednesday, January 6th. The podcast can be found anywhere podcasts are broadcast, and also at the link to Ken's website here:

Episode 120: Loss & A Chance of Miracles by The Sunday Poems with Ken Hada • A podcast on Anchor

Members Dean and Beckemeyer Published

1/1/2021

Poetry written by D5 Members, Roy Beckemeyer and Robert L. Dean, Jr., appear in MacQueen's Quinterly, Issue 6, January 2021. Roy has two poems, one of which won the Editor's Choice Award, and Bob has one poem.

Bob's poem "Borderland" is under Ekphrastic Works. To see the image which inspired it, go to the website and click on the title of the photo by Chris Whitney which appears under the poem title.

Roy's two poems, "Prothalamion" and "The Way Night's Lapidary Light Burnishes Your Skin," are under Poems, Lineated. Roy's latter poem won the Editor's Choice Award for this issue.

Click below for the MacQueen Quinterly Table of Contents to read the poetry of these two talented D5 poets.

MacQueen's Quinterly Issue 6

Robert Dean Poetry Featured on Ken Hada Podcast

1/1/2021

This Sunday, January 3rd, 2021, poet and ECU professor Ken Hada will be reading D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr.'s poem "Aftermath," from Dean's latest book, The Aerialist Will Not Be Performing, as part of his Sunday Poems With Ken Hada podcast series. It is episode #119. The podcast can be heard Sunday afternoon on Ken's website or anywhere podcasts are hosted.

Ken has previously featured Wichita poets Roy Beckemeyer, Michael Poage, and Robert L. Dean, Jr., in episode #52. Robert L. Dean, Jr.'s poem "Along This Road" was read in Episode #80.

Ken presented at a D5 meetings in 2019 from a book he wrote with his brother, The River White.

This link takes you to Ken's podcast.
Sunday Poems With Ken Hada

Check out Ken's quality poem podcasts every Sunday.
Visit his website to learn more about him.

www.kenhada.org

October Hill Magazine includes two works by D5 member, Robert Dean

10/16/2020

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., has a new poem, "The Caress," which came out October 15th in the new issue of the online magazine "October Hill Magazine." This is the first time Dean has submitted to this publication; two of the three works submitted were accepted, with one being held back for a future issue. This is a truly gorgeous online magazine, laid out like a print magazine. To access Dean's poem, click on the link below, which is the "Archives" page of the website. Select OHM Fall 2020, Volume 4, Issue 3, labeled "New," and either click on the cover photo, which will open the entire issue in your browser, or click on "download" to download a pdf file of the entire issue. Dean's poem "The Caress" appears on page 164 in the issue, you can scroll down to it. October Hill Magazine also publishes a lot of fiction and some book reviews. Read the "Welcome" pages at the front of the issue for more info about this publication. The online pdf is free to download. Both poets and fiction writers should seriously consider this fine publication! You can find more info about October Hill from the menu at the top of the "Archives" page. They plan to start a print version at some point. The link:

October Hill Magazine Archives

Kansas Authors Club Members in the new issue of I-70 Review

10/16/2020

The new issue of I-70 Review (issue date September 28, 2020) has pieces by several Kansas Authors Club members.

Congratulations to:
Boyd Bauman (D2)
Robert L. Dean, Jr. (D5)
Kelly Johnston (D5)
Denise Low (D2)
Kevin Rabas (D2)

D5 Member in MacQueen's Quinterly

10/16/2020

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., has two poems and a CNF piece in the new issue of MacQueen's Quinterly. Two of the works are ekphrastic, and in her intro Clare MacQueen refers to Dean as one of "my favorite masters of ekphrasis." Links:

MacQueen’s Quinterly: Poetry & Hybrids: Robert L. Dean, Jr.: Eyes on You

MacQueen’s Quinterly: Poetry & Hybrids: Robert L. Dean, Jr.: Impresssion

MacQueen’s Quinterly: Poetry & Hybrids: Robert L. Dean, Jr.: Doppelgänger

Member Nominated for Best of the Net Anthology

10/5/2020

Congratulations to Robert L. Dean, Jr.

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr. has been nominated for The Best of the Net Anthology for his poem "Pete & Bella," which appeared in the September 2019 issue of Shot Glass Journal (Issue #29). Shot Glass Journal is an online journal of short poetry, 16 lines or less, edited by Mary-Jane Grandinetti, and published by Muse-Pie Press, R. G. Rader, publisher. You can read the poem at
http://www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/issue29/robert_l_dean_jr1.html

Member contributions in anthology published by blue cedar press

9/20/2020

Congratulations to D5 member, Gretchen Eick, and the following Kansas Authors Club members who were published in this anthology: Ronda Miller (D2), Jim Potter (D6), Mark McCormick (D5), Judy Keller Hatteberg (D5), Robert Dean (D5), Michael Poage (D5), Julie Baker Brinn (D7), Mike Graves (D2), Ruth Maus (D1), Julie Stielstra (D6), Mark Scheel (D2), Miriam Iwashige (D6), Najiyah Maxfield (D6), Janet Stotts (D1), and Diane Wahto (D5).

PRESS RELEASE
September 20, 2020

The Death Project: An Anthology for These Times is now in print and available to order at your favorite bookstore and Amazon.

This book is a 205 page anthology of stories, poems, mini memoirs, and factual pieces about the various ways we lose loved ones to death and how we grieve and heal. It is a collaboration by 36 writers from across the US, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Britain, Turkey, etc. who contributed their writing to help others suffering from grief or anticipation of grief. It is intended to expand readers' thinking, feeling, and imagining about this universal, often-hidden experience brought relentlessly to the world's consciousness in 2020.

The writers are Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Bah'ais, atheists, and New Age, and of different races and ethnicities. Some write of family loss including suicide, others of war or devastating illness, of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter. Others share rituals that helped them recover.

Published by Blue Cedar Press (Wichita, KS) and edited by Dr. Gretchen Eick and Cora Poage, proceeds from the sales of The Death Project after the cost of publication and shipping will go to an assortment of international organizations fighting COVID-19. $12 paperback, $7 ebook (epub and Kindle).

For more information contact:
Gretchen Eick, 316-682-8818
eickgc@gmail.com

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Special, Limited Time Offer on Robert Dean's Ekphrastic Book, "The Aerialist Will Not be Performing"

8/20/2020

D5 member Robert L. Dean, Jr., is offering a limited time deal on his new ekphrastic book, "The Aerialist Will Not Be Performing." If you order directly from him at the email address below before the end of this month, Robert will pay the $4.49 cost of packaging and posting, meaning you only pay the cover price of the book, $25.00. The book is 184 pages, all ekphrastic, with the full-color art reproduced inside for each piece. This offer is good through the end of this month, and is the only way to get an inscribed, personalized copy. Robert also has copies of his first book, "At the Lake with Heisenberg," and is including that book in the postage paid offer. The cover price for "At the Lake with Heisenberg" is $12.00; Robert will pay packaging and posting ($4.02) if you order from him by the end of August. You can contact Robert at: bobdean@swbell.net.

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MEMBER WORK in MacQueen's Quinterly

7/28/2020

The June issue of MacQueen's Quinterly has three works by Robert L. Dean Jr., D5, one of which earned Clare's "Editor's Choice Award" for this issue.

The ekphrastic poem which got the Editor's Choice Award is talked about in the contents entry titled "Editor's Choice Award." The title is "Hands," is written to a photo taken by an Oklahoma photographer named Gay Pasley. "Hand's" is also mentioned in the "Ekphrastic Works" section, as is Dean's other ekphrastic piece in this issue, "Newsboy." The third poem, "The Bus to Elysium," is listed under Prose Poems. Here's the link to Contents:

MacQueen’s Quinterly: Contents: Issue 4

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Turning Plow Press Reading by D5 Member

D5 Member Published in Sheila-Na-Gig online.

Robert L. Dean Reading at SpoFest Poetry Reading, April 20

Robert Dean Poem in MacQueen's Quinterly, Issue #7

Finishing Line Press to Publish Dean chapbook

Robert Dean published in October Hill Magazine

Robert Dean Featured on Sunday Poems with Ken Hada

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Robert Dean Poetry Featured on Ken Hada Podcast

October Hill Magazine includes two works by D5 member, Robert Dean

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Member Nominated for Best of the Net Anthology

Member contributions in anthology published by blue cedar press

Special, Limited Time Offer on Robert Dean's Ekphrastic Book, "The Aerialist Will Not be Performing"

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