Back40 Publishing

Featuring limited editions of poetry and prose
by California Central Valley poets and writers . . .

What’s New?

-- The Elder by Monolin “Manny” Moreno and Chasing Fireflies: The Dust Bowl Childhood of a Poet by Jeanie Harris are the most recent editions presented by Back40

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel [1918-2007]

-- An Illustrated Bibliography of Titles by Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel is a fairly comprehensive resource for those interested in learning more about this unique American poet and her lifework
      -- McDaniel wrote voluminously of her culture. Her sharecropper family was forced from Oklahoma by massive dust storms and the Great Depression; one among thousands making their desperate exodus to California in search of survival. As a teenager she brought with her “the fire and burden of poetry,” which remained her constant and often critical companion through those following decades
      -- Second editions were published in September 2009 for two Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel titles, The Ketchup Bottle and Tatted Lace (and Other Handmade Poems)

Other poets and writers . . .

With exceptions, most hail from the Central San Joaquin Valley and western Sierra Nevada foothills of California. Native California poet Monolin “Manny” Moreno and others are featured here as material is gathered and edited . . .

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