“Morris’s sense of place is impeccable; his characters complex, wounded, and in need of redemption. Neither angels nor demons, but flawed and believable human beings who will move and enthrall readers.”
~LENORE HART, author of Waterwoman
and Raven’s Bride
“With his deft prose and sure-handed plot orchestration, Morris joins the ranks of Appalachian storytellers Ron Rash, Anne Pancake, Matt Null and Chris Offutt. Deep River Blues offers both a lament and a renewal not to be missed.”
~R. T. SMITH, author of Doves in Flight
“Tony Morris’s Pulling at a Thread blows down the highway, pedal down, wind whipping through lost songs along the strange twists of a road “stretching out into nothingness.” Madness and heartache whirl and spin apart while past, present, and future slide past, “filled with things we’ll never know.” Even so, Morris keeps seeking what “makes the truth more real,” his poems catching “the whisper of an inner grace” just above—or just below—the noise of the everyday.”
~JEFF HARDIN, author of Notes for a Praise Book
“There is a fullness and music that will lift you up. Tony Morris is a true son of Whitman, but he has been nurtured by Dickenson. His voice is America singing.”
~BARBARA HAMBY, author of Bird Odyssey
Tony Morris: Greatest Hits 1996-2011
“Music lovers have purchased Greatest Hits from the music industry for decades, and now Kattywompus Press brings you hits from some of the hottest poets across the contemporary American literary landscape, the poems most often requested for reprint or performance, pieces remembered by fans and groupies.
The poets in this series write about their lives as poets and about the lives of their poems as well. The Greatest Hits Invitational Series provides their ‘Top 12’ from a broad range of venues and publishing histories, and celebrates and honors the artists whose lines elevate America’s poetic sensibilities.”
~SAMMY GREENSPAN, Editor
“The poems collected here are poems of the waking life in which the poet honestly depicts himself confused about the meaning of events, though attentive to their drama. In poem after poem Morris shows himself to be the most sympathetic of observers as the world–mainly the small town and rural South–goes on its headlong, headstrong way.”
~MARK JARMAN,
author of To the Green Man
“Each individual poem is beautifully crafted and interesting. The centerpiece is a section on Appalachian Quilts, an amazing collection of narrative poems. The author’s stories, and those of others interweave in such a way that the whole is alive and present even though the poems are about the past. This book is perfectly realized.”
~Mary Kay Rummel, author of
Green Journey, Red Bird, &This Body She’s Entered
Young Readers:
A wonderfully charming and brilliant children’s book with playful language reminiscent of Dr. Seuss. You and your children will fall in love with the escapades of Murmur the Cat.