Coming in July: Thesaurus of Separation, by Tim Mayo

The long, slow climb to publication...Tim Mayo, ascending the notoriously difficult King Ravine Trail in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire's White Mountains.

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VIDEO: Tim Mayo reading at Burlington Book Festival

AUDIO: "All the Women I Almost Married", The Writer's Almanac

REVIEW: Poets' Quarterly

REVIEW: Verse Wisconsin

Exciting news for 2016! We're delighted to announce a July 1 publication date for Tim Mayo's Thesaurus of Separation, a new full-length poetry collection that he's been working on for the past three years.

Tim Mayo lives and writes in Brattleboro, Vermont, where he is also a mental health worker at the Brattleboro Retreat and a substitute teacher.  He holds an ALB, cum laude, from Harvard University and an MFA in Writing & Literature from Bennington College. And if hiking in the mountains hasn't been enough of a challenge, he's been studying circus arts and flying trapeze at the New England Center for Circus Arts in Brattleboro, Vermont off and on for the last ten years.

Tim's previous publications include a book of poetry,  The Kingdom of Possibilities (Mayapple Press, 2009), which was a finalist for the 2009 May Swenson Award  and a chapbook, The Loneliness of Dogs (Pudding House Publications, 2008), which was a finalist in the WCDR 2008 Chapbook Challenge in Ajax, Ontario, Canada, and of which former NH Poet Laureate Patricia Fargnoli wrote: "I love the voice in these poems: Ironic, funny, crafted, Mayo gets the plight of the contemporary Everyman right on target. It's one of the best chapbooks I've read."

Tim Mayo's work has appeared in a long list of journals, too numerous to name here, and his many awards include the International Merit Award for Poetry, The Atlanta Review 1999, 2000; Semi-Finalist, "Discover"/The Nation Poetry Contest 2000; Finalist, WinningWriters.com War Poetry Contest 2007; and five Pushcart nominations.

Phoenicia is excited to be working with Tim to create a beautiful edition of his new collection, and to have the privilege of bringing his fine work to you. Please be sure to sign up for our email newsletter to receive updates on this and other projects, and to receive pre-publication and seasonal special offers.