{"product_id":"a-human-saloon-9781950380541","title":"A Human Saloon","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): R. Nikolas Macioci\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Kung Fu Treachery Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Kung Fu Treachery Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. R. Nikolas Macioci earned a PhD from The Ohio \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eState University and taught English, Writer's Seminar \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(a course he created for select students), and Drama in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColumbus City Schools. OCTELA, the Ohio Council of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeachers of English, awarded Nik Macioci best secondary \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnglish teacher in the state of Ohio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe won First Place in the l987 National Writer's Union \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoetry Competition judged by Denise Levertov, First \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlace in The Baudelaire Award Competition sponsored by \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe World Order of Narrative and Formalist Poets (1989). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecond Place in Zone 3's first annual Rainmaker Awards, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejudged by Howard Nemerov (1989), and Second Place in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Writer's Digest annual competition, Judged by Diane \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWakoski (1991).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNik is the author of two chapbooks, \u003cem\u003eCafes of Childhood, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreatest Hits\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as four books: Cafes of Childhood \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(the original chapbook with additional poems), \u003cem\u003eWhy \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDance?, Necessary Windows\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMother Goosed. \u003c\/em\u003eForth- \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecoming are \u003cem\u003eOccasional Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Human Saloon. \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis book, \u003cem\u003eCafes of Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e was submitted for the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize. Critics and judges called Cafes of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildhood a \"beautifully harrowing account of child \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabuse, but not \"sentimental\" or self-pitying\" an \"amazing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebook,\" and \"a single unified whole.\" In addition, Nik's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ework has been published in more than two hundred \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emagazines here and abroad. Most recently, Macioci has \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epublished in \u003cem\u003eThe Society of Classical Poets journal, Clark \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStreet Review, Blue Unicorn, \u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Chiron Review.\u003c\/em\u003e He is a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emember of Bistro poets critique group.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46457256312983,"sku":"9781950380541","price":1392.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781950380541.webp?v=1769181019","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-human-saloon-9781950380541","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}