100 Miles of Heat

<p>100 MILES OF HEAT a new chapbook by Mark B. Hamilton explores the relationship between people and the contemporary environment. Praised by scholars writers and editors these poems beautifully express a journey down the historic Ohio River. The poems have been recognized in contests and by publication in such journals as New Letters We Proceeded On The Listening Eye Ship of Fools Poetry Salzburg Review and Written River. This chapbook is a sampling from his book-length manuscript “OYO” a semi-finalist for the Washington Prize 2015. Comments on “OYO” include: “… written beautifully … a wonderful adventure.”      —David Remnick editor The New Yorker “…remarkably told in trenchant verse … a wail and a love-song …. —Robert Michael Pyle PhD environmentalist and author “You have added a major text to American environmental literature.”      —Darlene Mathis-Eddy PhD Professor Emeritus BSU</p>