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Posted on May 7, 2009
Of
Mule and Man
Nonfiction by Mike Farrell
Akashic Books, May 2009
ISBN-10: 1933354755
ISBN-13: 978-1933354750
Paperback: 200pp; $15.95
From back cover: In May 2008—shortly after being named by the Los Angeles Times as a “Person of the Year”—Mike Farrell drove himself across the country on a book tour like no other. Networking with political groups (and friends like Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame), Farrell has redefined the very concepts of book touring and "promotion" through a progressive lens.
Departing
at Dawn
A Novel of Argentina's Dirty War
Novel by Gloria Lise
The Feminist Press, August 2009
ISBN-10: 1558616039
ISBN-13: 978-1558616035
Paperback: 160pp; $14.95
From back cover: March 23, 1976. Berta watches as her lover, Atilio, a union organizer, is thrown from a window to his death on the sidewalk below. The next day, Colonel Jorge Rafael Videla stages a coup d'etat and a military dictatorship takes control of Argentina. Though never a part of Atilio's union efforts, Berta is on a list to be "disappeared" and flees to relatives in the countryside. There she becomes part of the family she knows only from old photographs: Aunt Avelina; Uncle Nepomuceno; and Uncle Javier. When Berta learns that government officials are still looking for her, she realizes she must run even further to save her life.
A
Taste of Key West
Poetry by Francis Masat
Pudding House, 2009
ISBN-10: 1589986954
Chapbook: 31pp; $10.00
From back cover: After 35 years as a university professor inthe Midwest and New Jersey, Francis Masat moved to Key West in 1993. Drawing upon experience, Francis combines an unapologetic naturalism with clarity and insight.
Written
on the Sky
Poems from the Japanese
Translated from the Japanese by Kenneth Rexroth
Edited by Eliot Weinberger
New Directions, April 2009
ISBN-10: 0811218376
ISBN-13: 978-0811218375
Paperback: 96pp; $12.95
From inside cover: Written on the Sky is a selection of Kenneth Rexroth's [. . .] translations from the Japanese, a first glimpse into one of the world's greatest poetries: an entire history made of small moments.
New & Noteworthy Books
Full list of new & noteworthy books received.
May 7, 2009
Poetry
to be hung from the ceiling by strings of varying length, Rick Reid (Black Goat)
The Woods have Words, Mignon Ariel King (Ibbetson Street Press)
Chapbooks
A Taste of Key West, Francis Masat (Pudding House)
Fiction
Alice Fantastic, Maggie Estep (Akashic Books)
Andean Express, Juan de Recacoechea (Akashic Books)
Azorno, Inger Christensen (New Directions)
Curriculum Vitae, Yoel Hoffman (New Directions)
Departing at Dawn, Gloria Lise (The Feminist Press)
The Halfway House, Guillermo Rosales (New Directions)
The Show that Smells, Derek McCormack (Akashic Books)
Anthologies
Seattle Noir, Ed. Curt Colbert (Akashic Books)
Portland Noir, Ed. Kevin Sampsell (Akashic Books)
Songs of Love, Moon, & Wind: Poems from the Chinese, Trans. Kenneth Rexroth (New Directions)
Written on the Sky: Poems from the Japanese, Trans. Kenneth Rexroth (New Directions)
Nonfiction
Love & Free, Ayumu Takahashi (One Peace Books)
Of Mule and Man, Mike Farrell (Akashic Books)
Will Work for Drugs, Lydia Lynch (Akashic Books)