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    The Oestara Anthology of Pagan Poetry
    The Oestara Anthology of Pagan Poetry
    The Oestara Anthology of Pagan Poetry
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    The Oestara Anthology of Pagan Poetry

    By Cynthia Joyce Clay

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    2006 Eppie Winner for Poetry

    "As a collection, Pagan poetry can hardly get better than this. The contents are sensuous, moving, endearing, stark and intoxicating by turns: occasionally within the same poem!" --Professor Ronald Hutton, Bristol University, author of The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft

    "If you can’t find something in this collection that speaks to your soul ask yourself these two questions: First – Are you sure you’re Pagan? And second – Are you sure you have a pulse? Enjoy this collection. I did. And I hope there are more to follow."--Mike Gleason

    This poetry anthology includes commentary.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOestara Publishing
    Release dateSep 8, 2011
    ISBN9781452438375
    The Oestara Anthology of Pagan Poetry
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    Cynthia Joyce Clay

    Cynthia Joyce Clay was judged to be a computer program on Shakespeare at the First Loebner Prize Competition of The Turing Test-a truly science fictional experience. The Competition was filmed as part of a PBS Scientific Frontiers episode and aired internationally. In addition to living sf, Clay has experience with the thriller genre: she was invited to Russia to deliver her paper, The Application of Vector Theory to Literature and Drama at the international conference "Languages of Science, Languages of Art" and was chased by the KGB. She is an award winning author and her plays have been produced in Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Florida. Cynthia is a contributing editor of The Oestara Anthology of Pagan Poetry which won an Eppie, an international literary prize. Her sf novel, Zollocco, was an Eppie finalist. She likes to write sf and fantasy best.

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