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press of light + space
publisher – austin, texas
Three New Titles in 2024
waltwhitman.ai – a celebratory sequence of poems – no ai involved
When a reader wakes up, I too wake up. When a message arrives from someone touched with pain or fire or poetry, I am revived.
Walt is not so much in me, around me, or inspiring me, but in the private cloud of my large living language model his love and exuberance have informed me ever since I discovered his discovery of *: * as a gateway.
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CR8V.AI
The creative response to generative AI.
Let’s RE: THINK This. If you are a creative artist you probably make most of your money doing other things, besides your art. Certainly, if you are a poet, you are doing it for the thrill of calling yourself a poet, right? I would guess poetry sales are about as trendy as vintage software manuals.
Creatives Are Losing the Digital Transformation.
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The Little Red Book of Mindfulness (paperback)
You are home. Your mind is jumping with anxiety and exhaustion. What do you do?
I’m going to attempt to shed light on a mindfulness practice that has been many years in the orchestration. I hope you find in this “little” book a few tidbits to help you soothe that monkey mind of yours.
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Introducing John Oakley McElhenney, an accomplished author and blogger. He is the creator of the popular blog, “The Whole Parent,” where he shares his personal experiences and insights on the challenges and rewards of raising children alone. His writing is raw, honest, and real. He provides support and resources for single parents and is an active speaker and advocate for single-parent families. With his unique perspective and practical advice, John Oakley McElhenney will inspire and empower you to navigate the challenges of single parenthood.
Please follow John on his Amazon Author page
Self-help and Family Topics
- Single Dad Seeks: Dating Again After Divorce: Advice and Strategies on Learning How to be Loved Again
- Dating 2.0: Aiming for the Love of Your Life
- Fall of the House of Dad: My journey through divorce, from loss to joy, again and again
- A Good Dad’s Guide to Divorce: One father’s quest to stay connected with his children
- The Sex Index: Getting Our Love Languages Right in the Bedroom
- Here Comes the Darkness: Surviving and Thriving After a Mental Illness Diagnosis
- The Third Glass: When Drinking Becomes an Issue
- The Storm Before the Divorce: When One Parent Wants Out, That’s the End
- Dating a Single Father: The Complete Guide
- The Pre-Natal Agreement: A simple guide for aspiring parents
Poetry
- waltwhitman.ai – a celebratory sequence of poems
- i’m trapped like a vapor: poetic pauses on the path toward love
- impossible love poems: love, loss, rebuilding, recovery, divorce, dating, & hoping for love again
- making love to other women: – a poetic sequence of lust, loss, and heat
- misconfigurations of love: – things have gotten off track
- coffee love letters
- a second wave: – passing, moving, loving, expanding
- love, coffee, tennis, desire: tiny love poems from cafes to courts
Poetry with four other poets: John Herald Lee, David Jewell, Lyman Grant, and Bill Jeffers.
- Five Friends – Sunday Afternoons: An open invitation to sit and enjoy the conversation of five poets
Other Books
- Letters to a Young Artist in the Digital Age: Encouragements for a creative life
- MGMT HELLo: a manifesto on lack of leadership and the great return to the office
- The Twitter Way – Book One / LIFE: Twitter As A Way of Enlightenment
- The Little Red Book of Mindfulness – steps toward a more mindful path