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"The Art of Breaking Up" was ranked #3 in Cosmopolitan's Best New Books of 2020 List ! This double-sided book explores all the stages of a breakup from Early Warning Signs to Acceptance with collaboratively written poems, short stories, comics, quizzes, yoga poses and more! The anthology includes Carolyn Agee's single-author limerick along with 20+ pieces she collaboratively co-wrote with Joseph Gordon-Levitt's artistic community HitRECord. "The Art of Breaking Up" will be published January 21st. 2020 by HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 9780062896490

I am thrilled to have my work included in the "HitRecord Short's Showcase 2", premiering in the New Orleans Film Festival on Saturday, October 20th at 3 pm CDT. It will also be live streamed from the New Orleans Film Festival on Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Facebook page! How to watch:  Go to  https://www.facebook.com/JoeGordonLevitt/  and click on his live video When to watch: Saturday, October 20th at 3:00 CDT To find the time in your city, just check the following link:  https://timeanddate.com/s/3pcq More info on how to attend the free screening in person:  http://www.hitrecord.org/shortsshowcase

I'm so honored to have been nominated for  The Pushcart Prize  by  Zoetic Press  for my essay "Showman Calling"!

Drowning Ophelia  was released today on  redbirdchapbooks.com ! Drowning Ophelia , an artisan chapbook published by Red Bird Chapbooks, repurposes the time-worn traditional, using it to steer us to new questions, new reflections.  A collection at once ethereal, loose, and concentrated, this work spans genres while circling something feminine, something of womanhood.  An interesting read for anyone looking to be challenged and engaged. The limited first edition is hand-numbered and suitable for collecting. It’s 48 pages are attractively printed on Haviland blue linen paper with hand-sewn binding. The spoken word book trailer can be seen at http://youtu.be/zcMFiLAve1w . Drowning Ophelia is available in bookstores or direct from the publisher at  http://www.redbirdchapbooks.com/content/drowning-ophelia . Ms. Agee is available for speaking engagements, appearances, spoken word performances, signings, and interviews. She is also available to speak...

"Downing Ophelia" will be available from RedBirdChapbooks.com  Saturday, May 13!!! These numbered limited 1st Ed. are printed on acid-free blue linen with hand-sewn bindings. Autographed copies will be done in J. Herbin Terre de Feu Ph-Neutral ink. (*Not all copies will be autographed.) Photo: Sarah Hayes, Red Bird Chapbooks.

The Seattle Review of Books  highlighted my work in their review of  Mount Analogue 's political pamphlet series! Check it out here: http://seattlereviewofbooks.com/reviews/a-colorful-chorus-of-voices/

The Stranger did a lovely write up on "Mount Analogue" this week and had this to say about "Ever Silence Menacing" and the rest of Batch No. 1 in MA's Political Pamphlet Series: "The tone and form of the pamphlets closely reflect the general emotional state of the country. [...]Full of incendiary, conspiratorial material." - The Stranger

Sunday, December 18, 2016  at  7 PM -   831 Seattle Blvd. S., Seattle, WA Join me for the launch of "Ever Silence Menacing" ( Mount Analogue , 2016) at Art/Book/Object: A Celebration of Seattle Small Presses! This event includes some great presses and poets like Robert Lashley!

Nonbinary Review #11 ( Anne of Green Gables  Issue) features my creative non-fiction essay "All Too Beautiful to Last" and is available now!

My poetic quintet "Ever Silence Menacing" will soon be distributed around Seattle as part of  Mount Analogue 's political pamphlet series. Special thanks to  Paper Press Punch  and  The Stranger  for making this happen!

Monday, January 30, 2017  at  7 PM -   1618 Hewitt AVE, Everett, Washington 98201 Carolyn Agee will be headlining at The Poetry Laboratory with pieces from her forthcoming chapbook "Drowning Ophelia", ( Red Bird Chapbooks , 2017). This will also be the world premiere of her spoken word video "Monarchy"!

"Drowning Ophelia", my multi-genre chapbook, has been accepted for publication by   Red Bird Chapbooks ! Look for it in 2017!

Someone actually accepted one of my f-- the patriarchy poems! Details to come! Right now, happy dance!

I'm excited to announce that my first piece of satire, "Haute Gamer's Guide to the GurlQuest" will be published in  "Winning! A Guide to Games that Never Were". More details to come!

Read my latest interview here:  http://janetcannoneditor.wix.com/buildingredanthology#!Author-Interview-Carolyn-Agee/c1eo9/553fd1830cf2adc1acf72c07

Petrichor Machine issue 5 features my poem "White-Washed House in Grassland" out now! http://www.petrichormachine.com/2015/05/issue-number-five-has-arrived/

The latest issue of  The Lorelei Signal is out, featuring my short story "Frozen Thaw", illustrated by Lee Kuruganti. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed taking this new step in my career! You can read it at http://www.loreleisignal.com/FrozenThaw.html

More of my micro-fiction will be appearing in Cuento Magazine,Carving" on Tuesday, November 30, and "The Backpacker" on Friday, January 2.

I will be having a micro holiday double bill over at Twiction Addiction on Dec. 20th and 21st GMT.

My fantasy short story, "A Frozen Thaw" will be in the January issue of The Lorelei Signal !