And Yet is the second collection of poems by best-selling author Kate Baer. The book jacket characterizes it as “traditional poetry” (I think that’s code for normal non-literati people can understand it), The narrative voice is a mother and wife of some sophistication and humanity. An article in The New York Times says Baer is “speaking truth from her minivan.” The poems are mostly short, accessible, and sometimes brilliant. Here’s an interview in Poets & Writers just before the book came out:

https://www.pw.org/content/ten_questions_for_kate_baer

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About Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in magazines including Cagibi Literary Journal, Stoneboat, The Aurorean, The Ocotillo Review, London Reader, and in anthologies including for a better world 2020 and Anthology of Appalachian Writers Vol. X. He received Kentucky State Poetry Society’s Chaffin/Kash Prize in 2019. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky, but summers in Ecstasy and winters in Despair.

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