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Steel Toe Books is holding an open reading period during the month of June 2006.
Submission process:
There is no reading fee, but we ask everyone who submits to purchase one of our existing titles directly from us. On the Steel Toe Books online Order Form, select one or more books to order and fill out the form. Print out the completed form, and send it, along with:
- a check or money order for the selected book
- a copy of your manuscript for consideration
- an acknowledgements page
- a cover page with your contact information
- a SASE for notification
Mail the packet to:
Steel Toe Books
c/o Tom C. Hunley
Department of English
20 - C Cherry Hall
Western Kentucky University
1 Big Red Way
Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576
Follow the link for information about the selection process.
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Zoe Means Life
The oldest thing in the house is sorrow.
The youngest child cannot remember her mother
before cancer. She knows how to clean
the feeding tube, she knows long division.
The father flosses, spitting blood in the sink.
The oldest thing in the house is sorrow.
There are signs the end will come soon.
The father remembers how the old cat’s fur
matted when she could no longer groom.
The college freshman is home in September.
The oldest thing in the house is sorrow.
But the mother will die happy, remembering
her trip to Hawaii, her daughters running
on the sand. She never gave up. When the last
stray cat arrived, she named it Zoe.
— Tracy Mishkin, from Security
This post was written by sherry
