AIM HIGHER, INC. ENTERS BOOK PUBLISHING
Lissa Kiernan’s Second Poetry Collection is Inaugural Title
AIM Higher, Inc. announces AIM Higher, a nonprofit press established to publish books spanning the genres of poetry, prose, art, translation, and more.
Their first title, Lissa Kiernan’s The Whispering Wall, is a 126-page volume of poetry that AIM Higher’s Vice President Tina Barry calls “Magnificent, uplifting, challenging, and visceral,” adding, “Some of the themes the poet explores are: adjusting to country life after years of urban living; grief over the loss of a beloved father; a struggle with addiction; and a dilemma known to most women: how to be both an artist who is fully committed to her work and a domestic partner.”
The title is a reference to the term used for the acoustical phenomenon in which whispers can be heard across large domed enclosures, such as in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal and London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Kathleen Rooney, author of the national bestselling novel Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk calls the book “alive with all five senses, plus whatever sixth sense allows us to perceive the metaphysical mysteries of life and death.” Judith Vollmer, author of The Sound Boat adds: “A witchy and sardonic wit’s at work, too, in these poems, singing with Stevie Smith, and with Plath.”
Barry continues, “We believe in paying it forward. Proceeds from the sale of each book will be used to publish future releases. Additionally, each author published through AIM Higher will mentor the next on aspects of the publishing process, including editorial, design, and publicity decisions.”
The Whispering Wall previously won Homebound Publications’ Poetry Prize and was a semi-finalist for the Dorset Prize, awarded by Tupelo Press to anyone writing in the English language, whether living in the United States or abroad.
A limited-edition hardcover volume is exclusively available through AIM Higher for preorder starting November 23, 2022. A paperback edition will be distributed to the trade and online retailers in Spring 2023.
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AIM Higher, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to help artists thrive by providing the opportunities and community needed to live self-sustaining creative lives and share their vision and art with the world. http://www.aimhigher.org