Java Monkey Speaks: A Poetry Anthology, Vol. 2

Edited by Kodac Harrison & Collin Kelley
Paperback, 90 pages, $12.00 (includes s&h)

Celebrating five years of the weekly Java Monkey Speaks open mic in Decatur, Georgia, this anthology features poets from all over the world who have featured at JMS. This edition's design is by noted artist, Charles Jupiter Hamilton.

Contains Patricia Smith's Pushcart Prize-winning poem, The Way Pilots Walk!

Featured poets include: Bill Abbott, Lisa Allender, John Amen, Deborah Bailey, BasiKnowledge, Kemi Bennings, Jonida Beqo, Stephen Bluestone, Chris Chandler, Cola Rum, Jerry Cullum, Melisa Cahnmann, Sylvia Cross, Gary Corseri, Theresa Davis, Nathan Deen, Travis Denton, Mike Dockins, Rupert Fike, Anne Fisher-Wirth, Cherryl Floyd-Miller, Claude Francis, Richard Garcia, Ethan Gilsdorf, Jon Goode, Barry Graham, Beth Gylys, Jessica Hand, Lady Hardin, Kodac Harrison, M. Ayodele Heath, Chezon Jackson, Tiffany Haya Jones, Collin Kelley, Kristi Kontak, Alice Lovelace, Thomas Lux, Ray McNiece, Ginger Murchison, Michael O'McCarthy, Bryan Pattillo, Jan Peterson, RenaZance, Claire Robson, Tania Rochelle, Louise Runyon, Malik Salaam, Ronnog Seaberg, Maureen Seaton, Patricia Smith, Tavares Stephens, Sharan Strange, Katherine Williams, Cecilia Woloch, Sholeh Wolope, WaterColors and Karen Wurl.

What The Critics Are Saying About Java Monkey Speaks:

We cramped our brains a little trying to figure out whether it still counts as spoken word if you print it in a book, but whatever it is, we enjoyed Java Monkey Speaks, Vol. 2, an anthology of poems by poets who have performed at the weekly open mic at Decatur's Java Monkey. Edited by Kodac Harrison and Collin Kelley, this second edition has some serious poetry power. - Critic's Picks for Best of Atlanta, Creative Loafing

"So some of the programs at the popular Java Monkey Speaks feel like barn-storming tent revivals - a mood difficult to corral onto the quiet page...Luckily for readers, Java Monkey [Java Monkey Speaks Anthology Vol. II] publishes as eloquently as it speaks...Even the oratorical bursts, it turns out, can stand alone in their typeface, without sound effects...The result is a collection that sings..." - Candice Dyer, Georgia Music Magazine, Fall 2006

Java Monkey Speaks, a notable reading in Paste's hometown of Decatur, Ga. celebrates its fifth birthday this summer with Java Monkey Speaks Anthology Vol. II. Assembled by acclaimed songwriter/poet Kodac Harrison and award-winning poet/playwright Collin Kelley, this collection of writings by top-flight wordsmiths--both traditional, print-oriented artists and more performance-oriented stylists--features both seasoned veterans and up-and-comers from around the world. - Charles McNair, Paste Magazine, August 2006