Murder Ballads

MURDER BALLADS by Jake Adam York won the judge's prize into the Elixir Press Fifth Annual Poetry Awards. Judge Jane Satterfield had this to say: "rather than introspection, sensationalism, or mere entertainment, remembering becomes an act of engagement, one that propels the poet toward a fierce intellectual and moral reckoning." Jake Adam York grew up in northeast Alabama and now lives in Denver, Colorado. A graduate of Auburn University and Cornell University, he co-edits storySouth and Thicket, and with his students at the University of Colorado at Denver, he produces Copper Nickel.