Speechless the Magazine Features Author's Poetry

Los Angeles, CA: Suzanne Lummis, editor of Speechless the Magazine has featured Carolyn Howard-Johnson's new chapbook of poetry, Tracings, in her pages, "Small Festival of Short Books."

Selected were Howard-Johnson's poems " A Reel Left Running," "An Apparition" and "Perfectly Flawed." They can be read at http://www.speechlessthemagazine.org/chapbooks.htm#Carolyn_Howard-Johnson

The magazine's motto is the definition of speechless,  "…to render, be rendered. Awestruck. Awesome. A magazine of poetry and related arts straight from L.A." The publisher is Mifanwy Kaiser and it is edited by famed UCLA Writers' Program instructor and poet Suzanne Lummis. The assistant editor is liz gonzález , managing editor  Larry Colker and contributing editor is Charlotte Innes. The URL for this online celebration is www.speechlessthemagazine.org.

Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s poetry has appeared in literary journals like the Mochila Review, Banyan Review, Poetic Voices won a readers' award at The Pedestal Magazine. Her first novel, THIS IS THE PLACE, has won eight awards. Her book of creative nonfiction has won three. She is a columnist for Home Décor Buyer as well as several online sites and reviews books, movies and theater as well. She is an extension division instructor for UCLA’s Writers’ Program and her book THE FRUGAL BOOK PROMOTER: HOW TO DO WHAT YOUR PUBLISHER WON’T won USA Book News Best Professional Book of 2004. She was also honored by members of the California Legislature at Woman of the Year in Arts and Entertainment..

Learn more about Carolyn Howard-Johnson at http://carolynhowardjohnson.com.

Tracings is published by Finishing Line Press, http://finishinglinepress.com.

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