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Laura Chester has published many volumes of poetry, prose and non-fiction. Most recently, Holy Personal, looking for small private places of worship, was made available from Indiana University Press, and a selection of prose-poems, Sparks, was published by The Figures. Both books include extensive photographs by Donna DeMari.
Anthologies

Eros & Equus
a passion for the horse

With photographs by Donna DeMari.

Why does it seem we never tire of good horse stories? Perhaps it is because they connect us to something deeper and more meaningful. Read more...

Eros & Equus, a passion for the horse

Willow Creek Press
Available May, 2006
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Marvel the Marvelous

Illustrated by Gary Lippincott

Willow Creek Press
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Marvel the Marvelous


Kids love reading about horses, as the popularity of National Velvet, Black Beauty and even the “My Little Pony” series can attest. Now, in Marvel the Marvelous, writer and editor Laura Chester shares her lifelong love of horses in a new fantasy novel for kids ages 8-12. Read more...

  Featured Books

Holy Personal

Laura Chester documents the American landscape as well as the American soul. In New England she visits a root cellar chapel and one converted from a garage. She discovers an American stavkirke in Door County, Wisconsin, a Mother Goddess altar in San Francisco, and a straw-bale milagro chapel in Arizona. Read more...

Featured Books: Holy Personal: Laura Chester documents the American landscape as well as the American soul.

Non-Fiction
Fiction
Poetry

HIDING GLORY

Hiding Glory

The story of a girl and a small blue horse. First in a series for 8-12 year olds with illustrations by Gary Lippincott, to be published by Willow Creek Press, Fall, 2007
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  Recent Works:

Rancho Weirdo

Life on the U.S./Mexican border presents a clash of cultures and expectations that is explored with insight and dark humor in Laura Chester’s new collection of short stories, Rancho Weirdo (Bootstrap Press). Read more...

With hilarious quirky drawings by Haeri Yoo.

RANCHO WEIRDO, new stories, work in progress

Prose Poems
Works in Progress


HEARTBEAT FOR HORSES


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HEARTBEAT FOR HORSES


Heartbeat for Horses is a collection of writing and color photographs brought together in honor of horse crazy girls -- Those who might only live in the fantasy world of books and statues, who pin posters on their walls and dream of jumpingc like National Velvet, or for those who actually compete in rodeos and horse shows. Read more...

Willow Creek Press, Spring, 2007


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