{"id":5653,"date":"2026-02-11T11:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=5653"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:38:36","slug":"ssc-professor-releases-sixth-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-professor-releases-sixth-book\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Professor Releases Sixth Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Seminole State College Assistant Professor of English Paul Juhasz has released his sixth book, Katabasis, a new collection of poems published by Turning Plow Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Katabasis, Juhasz explores grief, memory and the complicated work of recovery, using the ancient idea of a descent \u201cinto the world below\u201d as a lens for modern life. Turning Plow Press describes the collection as a journey through darkness marked by loss, hope and the reality that \u201chealing is not linear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Juhasz-3-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, Seminole State College Assistant Professor of English Paul Juhasz is pictured along with a collection of his published books.\" class=\"wp-image-5654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Juhasz-3-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Juhasz-3-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Juhasz-3-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Juhasz-3-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Juhasz-3-788x563.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Juhasz-3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sub>Seminole State College Assistant Professor of English Paul Juhasz recently released his sixth book, Katabasis, a new collection of poems<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Juhasz is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominated author of five previous books: Fulfillment: Diary of a Warehouse Picker, a mock journal based on his time working at an Amazon fulfillment center; As If Place Matters, a collection of short fiction; and three poetry collections, Ronin: Mostly Prose Poems (a finalist for the 2022 Oklahoma Book Award), The Inner Life of Comics and The Fires of Heraclitus (a finalist for the 2025 Oklahoma Book Award).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juhasz will share selections from Katabasis during two upcoming public readings. He will appear Thursday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. at Green Feather Book Company in Norman, followed by a second reading Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. at The Lunch Box in Shawnee. Both events are open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2020-2024, Juhasz served as curator and coordinator of the Woody Guthrie Poets. He currently lives in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seminole State College Assistant Professor of English Paul Juhasz has released his sixth book, Katabasis, a new collection of poems published by Turning Plow Press. In Katabasis, Juhasz explores grief, memory and the complicated work of recovery, using the ancient idea of a descent \u201cinto the world below\u201d as a lens for modern life. 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