{"product_id":"lost-sonnets-for-my-unvaccinated-lover","title":"Lost Sonnets for My Unvaccinated Lover","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWatch the book trailer for \u003cem\u003eLost Sonnets for My Unvaccinated Lover.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Milkereit\u003c\/strong\u003e moved to Houston, Texas from Atlanta, Georgia in 1991 and currently works as a mechanical engineer. He grew up in Chicago in the 1970s where he was first introduced to poetry by having to read “Beowulf” in the sixth grade. He did not return to poetry until 2005 when his local minister began conducting poetry seminars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe has since been published in various literary journals including \u003cem\u003eThe Comstock Review, Naugatuck River Review, San Pedro River Review,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Ekphrastic Review.\u003c\/em\u003e He has attended various poetry conferences such as San Miguel Poetry Week, Colrain Manuscript Conference, and the Pt. Townsend Writing Conference. He also has been a featured reader at various events such as First Friday, Houston Poetry Fest, and the Sundown Poetry Series as part of Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, South Carolina. He also served as judge for various poetry events and served on the board of Mutabilis Press, a non-profit press dedicated to publishing poetry. He has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe completed a B.S.M.E. at Georgia Tech in 1988. He completed a low-residency M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the Rainier Writing Workshop in 2016. He has published two chapbooks (Pudding House Press) and three full-length collections of poems, including from December 2022, \u003cem\u003eA Place Comfortable with Fire\u003c\/em\u003e (Lamar University Literary Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe experienced a mild case of COVID-19 before a vaccine was available. The characters presented in these poems are figments of his imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVisit his website:\u003cbr\u003ejohnmilkereit.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 80 pages\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (December 7, 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44462960246887,"sku":"zph1787286970392","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/1601\/0087\/files\/lost-sonnets-for-my-unvaccinated-lover_1.jpg?v=1787286975","url":"https:\/\/urbanstepfashion.shop\/products\/lost-sonnets-for-my-unvaccinated-lover","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}