Clues from the Animal Kingdom

Galley mailing to key reviewers and media outlets 4-5 months prior to publication. Advanced review copies sent to key review outlets such as Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, The LA Times, The Rumpus, Poets & Writers, Huffington Post Poetry, BookForum, LA Review of Books, PBS NewsHour, NPR, etc. National advertising: Poets & Writers, American Poets, and the Academy of American Poets newsletter. Outreach to online media and bloggers including BuzzFeed, Bustle, Book Riot, Literary Hub etc. for features on themes such as mental health, grief, and climate change. Buy-ins to relevant academic conferences, trade shows, and publications: American Library Association Annual Meeting, CBSD Sales and Academic catalogs, etc. Fall book announcements submitted to Publishers Weekly. Online/social media campaign: Extensive promotion through BOA's website and blog: Facebook (6,800+ followers), Twitter (8,000 followers), Instagram (2,200+ followers), and Pinterest (840+ followers) accounts; print and e-postcards; and print and e-catalogs. Electronic book announcement postcards will be sent to author’s list of academic contacts, reviewer contacts, bookstore contacts, and literary bloggers. Electronic newsletter feature will be emailed to BOA's database of 7,500+ contacts. Ebook will be available at the same time as print publication to maximize sales. Ebook ISBN will be included on all press materials, author and publisher websites, and whenever print ISBN is listed. Publisher and author will be promoting both electronic and print editions via social media. Christopher will attend and sign books at the 2019 AWP Conference in Portland, OR. Plans for a regional book tour, including readings in Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Albany, and New York City. Possible joint readings/events with Bruce Smith (Devotions, University of Chicago Press) & Michael Burkard. Promotion through the author's website and social media feeds.

The harrowing descent of a seasoned poet’s “dark night of the soul” through depression and suicidal ideation, searching for redemption.In his fifth collection of poems, Christopher Kennedy sifts through the detritus of the past to uncover the memories, images, and symbols that shape an individual’s consciousness. Looking to animals and their instincts for inspiration, drawing shape from the poet’s Irish Catholic working-class roots, these prose poems transcend grief and depression by seeking humanity’s place in the natural world.