Photography © Glenn Bowie

 

Unnecessary

Everywhere, blood:
Your child’s blood
Your friend’s blood
Your grandmother’s blood
Your mother’s blood
Your father’s blood
Your grandfather’s blood
Your teachers’ blood
your cousin’s blood
your aunt’s blood
your uncle’s blood
your neighbor’s blood.
No matter what you believe.

 

Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty-year writer and the author of 11 published books of fiction and poetry and 3 stage plays. She has been nominated 19 times for the Pushcart Prize in both fiction and poetry. Her play The Crooked Heart concerning artist Jackson Pollock premiered on October 25, 2022 at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC. Adapted from an earlier novel, it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Another play, Lady in a Post Box, co-written with poet and writer Ciaran O’Driscoll is moving toward production in Ireland. Her third play, 28 Marvin Avenue is making the rounds. Tepper’s Novel satire titled Office has been released by Wilderness House Press. A new Novel Hair of a Fallen Angel will be out in the winter. Susan is a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review.

Glenn Bowie is a published poet, lyricist, musician and photographer from the Boston area. He also owns and operates an elevator company that supplies custom-built elevators for clients from New England to Hollywood. Author of two poetry and photograph collections (Under the Weight of Whispers and Into the Thorns and Honey) on Big Table Publishing. He donates all profits from his books to various charities for the homeless and local animal shelters.