Rivermouth Shouting

Jean Gallagher Free Verse Editions Edited by Jon Thompson Information and Pricing978-1-64317-559-1 (paperback, $15.95); 978-1-64317-560-7 (PDF, $9.95); 978-1-64317-561-4 (EPUB, $9.95). © 2026 by Parlor Press, 80 pages. Bookstores: Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. Praise for Rivermouth Shouting If you’re drowning in the world of things, use this book as a flotation device. Jean Gallagher’s contemplative new collection, Rivermouth Shouting, lets catastrophe speak for itself—through correspondence, deathbeds, and birdsong. These meditations are musical, at times breaking language down to its syllabic particles—“I’m its roadway. Its road. Its way.” Whether in the form of emails from Noah’s wife regarding the flood and semi-permeability of marriage, or the last thoughts of Troy, spoken by unnamed soldiers from The Iliad, this book intersects life and death, featuring observations of the self that only seem possible as it dissipates. Writing p