Publications
The Way We See Now
A Collaboration of Photography and Poetry
Francine Ringold & Sam Joyner
With this collection, we enter the ancient Greek tradition of Ekphrastics, poems inspired by works of art. However, instead of the early practice based on largely descriptive rhetorical exercises, modern ekphrastic poems have tried to interpret, inhabit,
speak to — even confront their subjects.
Dog Days:
A Way of Speaking
Francine Ringold
Since ancient times the dog days have been linked to Sirius the brightest star in the constellation of Canis Major. These are the days of the year with the least rainfall in the Northern Hemisphere and coincide with a time of extreme heat. Through the ages, the metaphorical applications have been myriad; these sultry days have given us a way of speaking about more than the weather.
"What art offers is space–a certain breathing room for the spirit."
- poet, painter and novelist, John Updike in an interview for KWGS-FM
Birth to Birth
My Memoir–and a Guide for Yours
Francine Ringold, PH.D.
As for births I discovered in the process of writing and reviewing–there were never enough! The physical births are past, but that is all right. There's a kind of physicality in the birth of an idea, a poem, a project, a performance, a friendship.
Making Your Own Mark
A Drawing & Writing Guide for Senior Citizens
Francine Ringold, Ph.D.
Madeline Rugh, M.A., A.T.R.
"The instinct to create remains as long a s one breathes."
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Nobel Prize Winning Novelist
The Trouble With Voices
Francine Ringold, PH.D
“The poems in The Trouble with Voices (Council Oak Books) by Francine Ringold with original Collagraphs by Eleanor Davy Carmack display an unabashed acknowledgment of the demands of the body and of an inquisitive mind.
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"Here are haunting, querulous and loving voices that will not let us rest.”
-Alice Price, Poet and Publisher
