Kieran York

Touring Kelly's Poem Kieran York

Publisher Marketing: Kelly Benjamin is turning twenty when a skiing accident accelerates her life's plan. Most importantly, her desire to write poetry is enhanced and rushed. She hungers for adventure that might become her poem. Touring Kelly's Poem takes place in 1963. Kelly is a student in a small Kansas town. After her dangerous close call, she relocates to spend her junior year in college out of the country - where she believes she can inhale, covet, and explore poetry. In the early Sixties, women's roles were cast for them. Be a 'nice' girl, and find a good man, and settle down. That was never on Kelly's agenda. In this enormous volume of two books in one, Kelly's journey begins with her travels to Mexico City. There she will not only study poetry - but also life. With humor, and with the pathos known to youth, Kelly wants to learn the intricacies of love. Guiding Kelly on her love-quest are her roommates. They are Nora, a 'proper-minded' fellow student. Erika, a wild European prostitute, and Leigh, a lesbian archeology student. Along the way, she also meets 'good catch' husband material. Her parents would approve of Eduardo, Carlos, and Kirk. An assortment of roommates and acceptable young men should have been enough excitement for her. Then she met the beguiling Doctora. Now that was enough excitement of anyone. --- TWO books in one, this literary novel comes in at 134,000 words and 520 pages. Enjoy! Contributor Bio:  York, Kieran Kieran York has authored both Sapphic fiction and poetry. Her lesbian mystery series Timber City Masks and Crystal Mountain Veils, featuring Royce Madison, were written and published in the mid - 1990s. She also wrote a collection of lesbian short fiction entitled Sugar With Spice published in 1989. In 2012, York's book, Appointment with a Smile, was published and was a 2013 Lambda Literary Society Award Finalist in the romance category. Her next novel, Careful Flowers, was released in 2013, followed by two releases in 2014 - Earthen Trinkets and Night Without Time, published by Scarlet Clover Publishers. Forthcoming is Touring Kelly's Poem and Loitering on the Frontier. York was also a contributor in Sappho's Corner Poetry Series - Wet Violet, Volume 2; Roses Read, Volume 3; and Delectable Daisies, Volume 4. In 2014, her volume of poetry, Blushing Aspen, was published as the Sappho's Corner Solo Poets book of poetry, and won The Rainbow Award Honorable Mention for poetry. Previously, during the seventies and eighties, Kieran worked as a reporter and reviewer for both newspapers and magazines, and was a newspaper publisher for three years. She also wrote and performed songs with a woman's band. She has been guest lecturer and panel member at various events, including Rocky Mountain Book Exhibition, Colorado Musicians Series, Sisters in Crime Mystery Writers, and Mystery Writers of America, Inc. She is a member of Lambda Literary Society, and Golden Crown Literary Society. She has written for Journal of Mystery Readers International. In addition, she has given numerous campus and coffeehouse poetry readings, as well as taught poetry and creative writing workshops. She graduated from a Kansas university and attended Mexico's University of the Americas her junior year. She has done graduate work at the University of Colorado. Kieran lives in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Colorado with her schnauzer, Clover. She enjoys gardening, music, literature, and art. She considers her valuables to include Clover and other family and friends, her library, her antique typewriter collection, her guitar, and her garden. Additional information is available on her websites: www.scarletcloverpublishers.com and she has a blog - Embellish Your Smile at http: //kieranyork.com.