Disconnected: Poems & Stories of Connection and Otherwise - by Michelle Halket (Paperback)

About the Book

Combining the poetic forces of confessional poets, this book presents poems and short stories about connection wrapped up in a unique exercise in creative writing. Follow along as these poets connect with each other--offering their poetry to one of their fellow contributors, who tells a story based on the concept presented to them. With poetry, stories, and art, [Dis]connected is a mixed media presentation of connection, isolation, love, and loneliness.

Book Synopsis

Humanity exists in a hyper connected world, where our closest friends, loves and enemies lie but a keyboard stroke away. Few know this better than the poets who have risen to the top of their trade by sharing their emotion, opinion and art with millions of fans.

What happens when...

Poets connect with readers?

Poets connect with each other?

Poetry connects with short fiction?

Combining the forces of some of today's most popular and confessional poets, [DIS]CONNECTED presents poems and short stories about connection wrapped up in a most unique exercise in creative writing. Follow along as your favorite poets connect with each other; offering their work to the next poet who tells a story based on the concept presented to them.

With contributions from:

Amanda Lovelace

Nikita Gill

Iain S. Thomas

Trista Mateer

Cyrus Parker

R.H. Swaney

Pierre Alex Jeanty

Liam Ryan

Yena Sharma Purmasir

Canisia Lubrin

Sara Bond

With poetry, stories and art, [DIS]CONNECTED is a mixed media presentation of connection and collaboration. Be sure to also read [DIS]CONNECTED Volume Two.

About The Author

Michelle Halket is a bibliophile and technophile who loves to try new things, which is what prompted her to start a digital-first publishing company when very few people knew what ebooks were.

By bringing together some of the most popular contemporary poets, Michelle Halket has created a compilation which exemplifies the reasons behind the popularity of poetry and short fiction.

Michelle is the managing editor and publisher of Central Avenue Publishing, based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Find Michelle @centavepub and centralavenuepublishing.com