{"product_id":"moonlight-shaken","title":"Moonlight, Shaken","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWatch the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rvAKShgkhH4\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Moonlight, Shaken by Sandi Stromberg BT\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ebook trailer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSandi Stromberg\u003c\/strong\u003e has lived in Switzerland, Spain, England, and the Netherlands, as well as in eight states and many different cities. Then, in 1992, she was surprised to find herself in Houston, Texas, where it seems poetry was waiting for her. It’s been a rewarding, though challenging journey. She celebrates having found home in a city where creativity thrives—a bevy of arts and artists providing inspiration and community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eDuring her years in Europe and early days in Houston, she was an award-winning magazine feature writer and editor, as well as a facilitator of writing workshops geared toward helping women tell their stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHer first full-length collection of poems, \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/frogs-don-t-sing-red?_pos=7\u0026amp;_sid=f4ca6d376\u0026amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFrogs Don’t Sing Red\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published by Kelsay Books in 2023.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe has been nominated four times for a Pushcart Prize, twice for Best of the Net, and was a juried poet in the Houston Poetry Fest eleven times. She also edited two poetry anthologies, \u003ci\u003eUntameable City: Poems on the Nature of Houston\u003c\/i\u003e (Mutabilis Press, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eEchoes of the Cordillera\u003c\/i\u003e (Museum of the Big Bend, 2018) with Lucy Griffith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eHer work has been published in many small journals, among them \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/the-orchards-poetry-journal-summer-2025?_pos=9\u0026amp;_sid=46cb33b74\u0026amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Orchards Poetry Journal\u003c\/a\u003e, San Pedro River Review, Gyroscope Review, Ocotillo Review, The Ekphrastic Review, Panoply, A Literary Zine, formidable woman sanctuary, The Windhover, MockingHeart Review, Colere: A Journal of Cultural Exploration, equinox, Illya’s Honey, Texas Poetry Calendars, Snapdragon: A Journal of Art and Healing, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003esynkroniciti.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003ePoems have also appeared in anthologies, among them\u003ci\u003e Enchantment of the Ordinary, The Senior Class, Weaving the Terrain, Bearing the Mask, Unknotting the Line: Prose Poems, easing the edges, Improbable Worlds, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow to Tend a Wall.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eSome of her poems have also been translated into Dutch and published by \u003ci\u003eBrabant Cultureel \u003c\/i\u003ein the Netherlands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShe is currently an editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Ekphrastic Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She can be followed or contacted at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandi.stromberg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.facebook.com\/sandi.stromberg\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback: 110 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (March 27, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0GX3131H2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKindle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FHKCX3CZ\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22XZL2U7UTZIQ\u0026amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tqV4juglmVZSvnayWLOdOLRRNJvznwD2lek2ObqC7Rg.XHHq2t02k4t7fKXPOKP0icdrwX6-TVIG8ZmCnt8O82s\u0026amp;dib_tag=se\u0026amp;keywords=rasmussen+chakana\u0026amp;qid=1752604280\u0026amp;sprefix=rasmussen+chakana%2Caps%2C125\u0026amp;sr=8-1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53224709718200,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/0800\/0329\/files\/stromberg_front_c0dac301-5afc-41d5-b7e0-9840faa47580.jpg?v=1775187875","url":"https:\/\/kelsaybooks.com\/products\/moonlight-shaken","provider":"Kelsay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}