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Linda Neal Reising, a native of Oklahoma and a member of the Western Cherokee Nation, has been published in numerous journals, including The Southern Indiana Review, The Comstock Review, and Nimrod. Reising’s work has also appeared in a number of anthologies, including Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (Harper/Collins) and And Know This Place: Poetry of Indiana (Indiana Historical Society Press). She was named the winner of the 2012 Writer’s Digest Poetry Competition. Her chapbook, Re-Writing Family History (Finishing Line Press), was a finalist for the 2015 Oklahoma Book Award, as well as winner of the 2015 Oklahoma Writers’ Federation Poetry Book Prize. In 2018, her work was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by the editors of So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library. The Keeping, her first full-length book of poetry, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2020.
Paperback: 69 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (February 15, 2021)
Awards:
American Book Fest (Finalist in Western Category, 2021)
Eric Hoffer Book Awards (Winner in Poetry, 2022)
Royal Dragonfly Book Awards (Honorable Mention in Poetry, 2021)
Western Heritage Book Awards (Winner in Poetry, 2022)
The WILLA Literary Award (Finalist, 2022)
Independent Press Awards (Distinguished Favorite, 2022)
Oklahoma Book Awards (Finalist in Poetry, 2022)
Reading the West Award (Finalist)
Best Indie Book Awards--Western Division (Finalist)