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Somewhere Between KC/MO and East St. LouisDuring my time as Missouri's 6th Poet Laureate, I have had two major goals. The first has been to put poetry into the hands and ears of Missourians who don't usually read poetry or go to poetry readings. My second has been to promote or highlight Missouri poets and publishers. Thanks to all of the poets (over 50) who have participated in some part of one of the projects, and thanks to Jason Ryberg of Spartan press and Ben Furnish of BkMk press for

During my time as Missouri's 6th Poet Laureate, I have had two major goals. The first has been to put poetry into

the hands and ears of Missourians who don't usually read poetry or go to poetry readings. My second has been to

promote or highlight Missouri poets and publishers. Thanks to all of the poets (over 50) who have participated in some

part of one of the projects, and thanks to Jason Ryberg of Spartan press and Ben Furnish of BkMk press for

production. As a result of Covid, I have not been able to have the usual Missouri Poet Laureate travel experience for public

appearances. I've given readings, talks, and keynotes, taught workshops, judged contests, participated in book festivals,

written poems, published a book, re-issued a new edition of Red Silk, been interviewed, and traveled around some parts

of the state. I have done many events while sitting at my computer on Zoom, so I decided I wanted to create some

projects that would help me fulfill my two primary goals and reach all regions of the state in a meaningful way.

The most significant thing I have learned so far as Poet Laureate is how many fine poets have lived or worked in

Missouri for a large part of their lives. Through my projects, I have tried to represent all regions of the state, multiple

styles, and diversity, but I know there are still many poets out there I don't know or was not able to contact to be

involved in one of my projects. I know I haven't begun to represent all Missouri poets, but I'm not done yet, so there's

more to come. My first project was to create ten podcasts called The Literary State. Each of these is a ten to twenty-minute

podcast with a Missouri poet. Poets answer two questions about the craft of poetry, give a writing prompt, and read

two of their poems. The podcasts are available on Anchor, Spotify, and Apple, or those interested can google them and

listen on their phones or computers. The goal is that people will listen to them in their car, while cooking dinner, sitting

at a table with a pen in hand ready to write, or anywhere they usually listen to podcasts. I also hope that teachers

and professors will share them with their students as the podcasts offer valuable information about writing.

My second major project was to create Tiny Books to highlight eighteen more Missouri poets. Each of these tiny

books includes one poem. Each of those poets received a quantity of tiny books to distribute to people who do not

usually read poetry-the grocer, waiter, doctor, dentist, mail deliverer, grass cutter, neighbor, etc. These tiny books have

been incredibly popular, and I wish I had thousands more of them to distribute since there are over six million people

in Missouri, and I wish everyone could have at least one of them. Some have reacted in wonderful ways of helping to

spread them around for many to read, and I thank them for that. The third project is this one-two anthologies. Ten

poems from ten more Missouri poets in two anthologies published by Spartan press and in partnership with I-70

Review. Welcome to the words of ten Missouri poets in this anthology. Enjoy.

-Maryfrances Wagner, Missouri's 6th

Missouri Poet Laureate 2021-2023

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Omegas are precious and given to Alphas & their packs... but the Betas want in too. To this end, the Beta government is rolling out its trial of assigning a Beta to each Alpha-Omega pack. But forcing a Beta into a pack where they are not wanted will not end well... Of course, no one expected the Omega to fall for the assigned Beta. Great read and cliffhanger
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A familiar story, just with…..less.
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So, as other reviewers make clear, this is very similar to Pack Darling and The Beta. It’s much closer aligned with The Beta, in plot and maybe more like Pack Darling with characters. That being said, I don’t hate this…..but it wasn’t great either. It’s both books mentioned but just….less. Less angst, less emotion, less feeling. The plot feels very half fleshed out, and the “bad guy” feels underwhelming. I didn’t really feel any real emotions from and of the male leads, except maybe Oliver. The others fell sorta flat for me. And Mika makes herself out to be this big bad ass straight outta training and then we never see it from here again with the one fitting room incident as the exception. SPOILER: The whole, “Oh, I’m actually probably an Omega, but I don’t wanna be but I do actually wanna be but no one can ever know my secret that I do nothing to hide “ thing fell so flat. She never commutes to believing she was secretly an omega, but also mentions her “secret” a lot. It just felt so manufactured. I’m intrigued enough to read part 2 and see how the author closes everything out, but this is not one I’ll recommend or ever come back to.
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★★★★★ 5
Good start to a series
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I delayed reading the series for reasons I don’t remember. But my TBR list is huge so I thought I’d take a shot of this and I was pleasantly surprised. I didn’t think the blurb about it was anything special. But it was a very good book. It took some interesting twists and turns. I am so glad the second book is already out. Because I would not have waited patiently. Very slow burn but good storyline. 🔥🔥/5
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Jammie Clark
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★★★★★ 4
A good read
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Multiple points of view. 3 Alpha men and an Omega male. She is a Beta in training for a new program placing betas in Alpha/Omega packs. Mila is only doing the program for the money to take care of her dad. She wasn't expecting to fall for a pack but when she sees this packs Omega she is done for. There is just something about him. His Alphas are good looking as well. Too bad she is hiding a secret and their government is acting shady. I liked it and can't wait to see where their story goes.
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★★★★★ 3
Slightly repetitive but I did love some things
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I love this type of story. And omegaverse is one of my all time favorite genres. But there are a few things that pulled me out of my enjoyment while I was reading. It was repetitive at times as well as struggled with telling not showing. So we didn’t always feel like we were experiencing things with the main character. There were also some plot holes but they may still be answered in part 2. Now this isn’t to be said I didn’t enjoy parts of the story. I loved the almost instant love between Mila and Oliver. And how he started changing around her.
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