Paul Sohar (Sohár Pál), was an aspiring writer when he left Hungary after the 1956 Revolution to finish his education in the United States, earning a BA in philosophy. He began translating literary works, including poetry, novels and children’s books. His latest translation volume, “In Contemporary Tense,” contains over 300 poems by Sándor Kányádi.
Books of Sohar’s poetry include the “Homing Poems,” the prize-winning chapbook “The Wayward Orchard,” and, most recently, “In Sun’s Shadow.” Sohar received first prize in the 2012 Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest and second prize for prose in the 2014 Rhode Island Writers’ Circle Contest. His works have appeared in numerous magazines.
Lew Maltby has been a factory worker, trial lawyer, truck driver, soldier and corporate executive. He wrote his first poem at 35 in the wake of divorce. Urged by friends, he entered the North Dakota state poetry contest and was amazed when he won.
Maltby finds inspiration for his poetry in unlikely places — tracer bullets over his head in a minefield, the call of hyenas in the African night, the snarl of a chainsaw and much more. His poems have appeared in Stillwater Review, River Poet’s Journal, and U.S.1 Worksheets. “Smiling Axes” is his first chapbook.
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