Love Affairs at the Villa Nelle

An anthology of poetry edited by Marilyn L. Taylor and James P. Roberts, published by Kelsay Books.

Contributors:

Ned Balbo, Mary Jo Balistreri, Melissa Balmain, Kate Bernadette Benedict, Margaret Benbow, Bruce Bennett, Jerome Betts, Meredith Bergmann, Kim Bridgford, Debra Bruce, Michael Cantor, Catherine Chandler, Terese Coe, Maryann Corbett, Paul Creswell, Barbara Crooker, T.. A. Cullen, Thomas O. Davenport, Laurel Devitt, Moria Egan, Martin Elster, Anna M. Evans, Annie Finch, Claudia Gary, Taylor Grahm, Emily Grosholz, Catherine Abbey Hodges, Jeff Holt, Paul Hostovsky, Nancy Jesse, A. M. Juster, Julie Kane, Karen Kelsay, Brian Jerrold Koester, Amy Lemmon, Barbara Loots, Eileen Mattman, Janet McCann, Susan McLean, Richard Merelman, Mary Meriam, Leslie Monsour, Burt Myers, Chris O'Carroll, Angela O'Donnell, Jennifer Reeser, Richard Roe, Jane Satterfield, Wendy Sloan, David Southward, Susan Delany Spear, Andrew Szilvasy, Judith Terzi, Pat Valdata, Kathrine Varnes, Lisa Vihos, Ed Werstein, Lesley Wheeler, Gail White. EDITORS:

Marilyn L. Taylor former Poet Laureate of Wisconsin is the author of six poetry collections. Her work has appeared in Poetry, Able Muse. Measure and Light, among many other journals and anthologies. She was recently awarded the Margaret Reid Poetry Prize for verse in forms, and was a finalist for the X. J. Kennedy Parody Contest, the Howard Nemerov Sonnet award, and the 2018 Lascaux Review prize. She currently serves on the editorial staffs of Verse-Virtual and Third Wednesday.

James P. Roberts, Editor Author of 16 books in the fields of fantasy & science fiction, poetry, literary biography and baseball history. James is a regional Vice-President for the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin where he has a passion for women's flat-track roller derby and is very much involved in the Little Free Library movement. (You may even find a Little Free Library in the Villa Nelle!)