Poetry. Paper, Perfect Bound. 164pp. $16.95 plus S&H 2009, ISBN 978-0932412-737 “The Blonde on the Train” by Eleanor Lerman is available on Kindle. Click to download from Amazon. From Greenwich Village in the ’60s to Woodstock, NY, to an airport in the Midwest, Eleanor Lerman’s stunning short stories explore the disenchantment of this world,…
Poetry. Paper, Perfect Bound. 86pp. $14.95 plus S&H 2009, ISBN 978-0932412-744 These poems discover the answers to the fantastic questions of the world: the value of divining rods and other inventions, termite love, a Babylonian god, or what types of things can be found in Loss Universe. Vampires at the Laundromat by Josie Kearns All…
Poetry. Paper, Perfect Bound. 36pp. $12.95 plus S&H 2009, ISBN 978-0932412-751 This enjoyable collection further demonstrates Allison Joseph’s uncanny grasp of language and image, along with a kind of playful and soulful voice that makes her poetry accessible to all. Allison Joseph interviewed at LunchTicket Extraction by Allison Joseph If there’s a poem in you,…
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 88 pp $15.95 plus s&h 2008, ISBN 978-0932412-775 Many images here begin with the natural world and end in a human gesture of freedom, of release. Marion Boyer creates a world of imagination. She goes as far as to create a character, Jake, whose life unfolds in the pages of this…
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 48 pp. $12.95 plus s&h 2008, ISBN 978-0932412-706 Angela Williams brings humor, sensuality, a wise eye and a clear voice to poems reflecting her life in Northern Michigan. To Persephone as a Man in the 21st Century by Angela Williams I prefer waltzes in the morning. Strauss at seven, or so.…
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 38 pp. $12.95 plus s&h 2008, ISBN 978-0932412-720 Rivkin’s keen and unblinking eye, great verbal energy, and wry wisdom confront her subjects with continuous, genuine surprise. My Mother’s Lace Curtains by Sophia Rivkin My Mother grew with a pitchfork in her heart— something planted by the Russian peasants. Surrounded by enemies,…
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 102 pp. $15.95 plus s&h 2008, ISBN 978-0932412-591 Ghostly and energetic, Jayne Pupek’s poems range in content through an ambivalent abortion, a lover’s abandonment, childhood abuse, a bad case of the flu, and her own longings. Each poem’s graceful and intense meditations connect to the reader’s own world. Forms of Intercession…
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 66 pp. $14.95 plus s&h 2008, ISBN 978-0932412-676 Intimate, tender, at times funny and at others erotically charged, Porter’s poems dwell on the subjects that affect us deeply: relationships complicated by circumstance; childbirth; illness; unseasonable death. She reminds us that it is in the everyday entaglements that we find poetry. The…
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 100 pp. $15.95 plus s&h 2008, ISBN 978-0932412-645 From the frozen landscapes of her Finnish forebears to the ice-clear rivers and cold fields of Michigan’s Upper Pennisula, Jane Piirto paints a personal and extraordinary picture. These deeply moving poems are like chants celebrating what sustains us, reminding us of the wonder…
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 72 pp. $14.95 plus s&h 2008, ISBN 978-0932412-690 Imagistic language and unique imagination shape this stunning book. These musical, detailed poems capture the intricacies of Keyes’ worlds: her family, childhood, Boston, Key West and even Greece. Nauset Beach, October by Claire Keyes How admirable the waters looked, waves surging in, collapsing…
