“From a street-corner bodega to the Serengeti Plain to the ‘bell-jazz of our galaxy,’ these poems find meaning in all spaces. I appreciated these poems for their steady voice, precision, and how they often quietly wrestle with big questions of the human spirit. Chapbooks might be ‘small’ by definition, but this collection feels rich and expansive; the contents of Mega-Galaxies push us toward something vast and infinite.”
 
— Matthew Olzmann,
author of Constellation Route
 
 
“Elizabeth J. Coleman’s Mega-Galaxies invites us to look outward at the mysteries and possibilities of our world and beyond yet, why do I find myself constantly looking inward? Perceptive, curious, and brimming with surprising insight, Elizabeth J. Coleman’s poetry reminds us that beauty and wonder—if we truly want them—are within our reach.”
 
— Rigoberto Gonzalez,
author of To the Boy Who Was Night
 
 
“With tenderness and earned wisdom, Elizabeth Coleman’s poems are both intimate—‘I…look down at you lying there, lanky body…too tall for your hospital gown’—and expansive, gifting us galaxies within and without, real and imagined. What moves as well is the quiet of these poems, this poet’s way of seeing deeply, without hurry. Mega-Galaxies is alive with wonder.”
 
— Anne Marie Macari,
author of Amerigun
 
Genre: Poetry Chapbook
ISBN: 978-1-949065-45-9
Page Count: 56
Release Date: 06-30-26
 
Cover Illustration: Émile-Antoine Bayard and Alphonse de Neuville
Cover Engraving: Henri Théophile Hildibrand
Cover Coloring: spaceistheplace.art
Cover Design: James McNulty