The Goose Liver Anthology seamlessly weaves together two distinct literary traditions: the English in Mother Goose and the American in Spoon River Anthology . It is a cynical look at doom with flashes of love and spunk. Many characters are doomed by mere chance, others by the fate of human nature. Age and vanity doom them, and loneliness, sex, and desire drive them mad with tragic results. In short, besides being just plain fun, it also has a lot to say about fate. Ken Anderson June 2025 Award Nominations The book was nominated for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association's 2025 Elgin Awards. Ken Anderson was nominated for the 2025 Georgia Writers Association's Georgia Author of the Year award for a full-length poetry collection. Readers Say In The Goose Liver Anthology , Ken Anderson pulls back the curtain and gives us a peek into the trials and travails suffered by some of the most famous characters from our childhood lexicon. Anderson’s ability to capture the true cadence of fairy tale voices produces some of the most satisfying verse to be found anywhere. With intuitive wisdom, he explores the worlds of Mother Goose and The Brothers Grimm, where all, apparently, is not as it seems. The Goose Liver Anthology is a brilliantly written and intriguingly crafted poetry collection: at once poignant, insightful, and brimming with Anderson’s signature humor. Raymond L. Atkins, They All Rest in the Boneyard Now , The Front Porch Prophet , Camp Redemption - - - - - In The Goose Liver Anthology , poet Ken Anderson combines his sense of whimsy and lyrical gifts to offer a hip slant on some classic favorites – a spider’s eye view of Miss Muffet and company – a collection that is by equal measures playful, sly, tart, and somewhat naughty: a veritable pepper pot stew of clever ramblings to warm and nurture one’s poetic soul. Willie Wilson, Up Mountain One Time & Glassbottom Days About the Author Ken Anderson’s first poetry book is The Intense Lover: A Suite of Poems . Coffin Bell Journal nominated his poem “Blood Quartet” for the 2024 Best of the Net anthology. Ken was a finalist in the 2021 Saints and Sinners poetry contest. His novel Sea Change: An Example of the Pleasure Principle was a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award and an Independent Publisher Editor’s Choice. Ken's novel Someone Bought the House on the Island was a finalist in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. A stage adaptation won the Saints and Sinners Playwriting Contest and premiered at the Marigny Theater in New Orleans. An operatic version premiered in 2009 at the First Existentialist Congregation in Atlanta. A screenplay version was Winner of Best First-Time Screenwriter (Feature Script) at Script Awards Los Angeles. His other books are Hasty Hearts , an Independent Publisher Book Awards finalist, and The Statue of Pan . He studied under Miller Williams and holds a Master's degree in Twentieth-Century American and British Literature from Indiana University. About the Artist The cover art, Milady with Goose , was composed by Janis Butler Holm. Janis served as Associate Editor for Wide Angle , the film journal, and currently works as a writer and editor in sunny Los Angeles. Her art, prose, poems, and performance pieces have appeared in small press, national, and international magazines. Her plays have been produced in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Publisher Published by Red Ogre Review and Liquid Raven Media via a grant from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association under the fiscal sponsorship of Independent Arts & Media. Rev. 6-6-2025