New & Noteworthy Books
New Books from Independent & University Presses
See full list of noteworthy books by category below
Posted on October 28, 2010
The Cloud Corporation
Poetry by Timothy Donnelly
Wave Books, October 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1933517476
Paperback: 176pp; $16.00
Timothy Donnelly's long-awaited second collection fully invest[s] itself in the possibilities of language and intelligence … to illuminate the ceaseless advances of personal, political and social contingency.
Faulkner's Rosary
Poetry by Sarah Vap
Saturnalia Books, October 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-9818591-6-3
Paperback: 80pp; $14.00
“Vap celebrates the mysteries of pregnancy with wonder, fear, sorrow, and joy. Like counting the beads on a rosary, she takes us along a trail of connected couplets, building a concrete yet mythic exploration of the body as it prepares to bring another body into the world."
Fireflies in the Mist
Fiction by Qurratulain Hyder
New Directions Books, November 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1865-8
Paperback: 304pp; $15.95
“Fireflies follows the creation of modern day Bangladesh — from Indian province, to Partition, to the emergence of statehood — as told through the impassioned voice of Deepali Sarkar and others around her who live through the turbulence.”
Four of a Kind
Poetry by Mark Neely
Concrete Wolf Pub, October 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-9797137-4-3
Chapbook: 33pp; $10.00
Winner of the 2009 Concrete Wolf Chapbook Award selected by Jeannine Hall Gailey.
In Search of Civilization
Remaking a Tarnished Idea
Nonfiction by John Armstrong
Graywolf Press, March 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-580-7
Hardcover: 208pp; $24.00
“In this provocative cri de coeur, philosopher John Armstrong rescues the idea of civilization from irrelevance and connects it to our search for individual happiness.” //
Life
Nonfiction by Keith Richards
Little, Brown & Co, October 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-03438-8
Hardcover: 564pp; $29.99
Memoir by Rolling Stones guitarist and songwriter Keith Richards.
Lord of Misrule
Fiction by Jaimy Gordon
McPherson & Co, November 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-929701-83-7
Hardcover: 296pp; $25.00
“Lord of Misrule follows five characters -- scarred and lonely dreamers in the American grain -- through a year and four races at Indian Mound Downs, downriver from Wheeling, West Virginia.”
The Mystery of the Hidden Driveway
Poetry by Jennifer L. Knox
Bloof Books, 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-9826587-1-0
Paperback: 84pp; $15.00
“Burt Reynolds, the cast of Battle of the Network Stars, Mary McDonnell, Gene Kelly, babies and villains in silent movies, Big Don the security guard, Don Ho, and an alligator named Kevin – just to name a few – all take their turns on Knox’s pages.”
Nine Worthies
Poetry by Caroline Knox
Wave Books, September 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1933517483
Chapbook: 48pp; $20.00
Knox describes the book as follows: "Nine Worthies, a work of prose and poetry operating as a sort of historical novella, deals with the life and times of Nathaniel Smibert (1734-1756), portrait painter and son of America’s first portraitist, John Smibert.”
The Oldest Hands in the World
Poetry by Daniele Pantano
Black Lawrence Press, 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-9826364-8-0
Paperback: 88pp; $14.00
The first collection of poems by Swiss poet, translator, and critic, Daniele Pantano. Includes poems about “exile, translingualism, and writing one's way home.”
Velleity's Shade
Poetry by Star Black, Paintings by Bill Knott
Saturnalia Books, October 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-9818591-7-0
Paperback: 88pp; $16.00
“Reversing the roles in 2006's Stigmata Errata Etcetera, Star Black serves as poet, and Bill Knott takes on the role of artist.”
Weekends with O'Keefe
Nonfiction by C.S. Merrill
Univ of New Mexico Press, November 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-4928-6
Hardcover: 246pp; $24.95
Merrill’s journals reveal details of the daily life of a genius. The author describes how O’Keeffe stretched the canvas for her twenty-six-foot cloud painting and reports on O’Keeffe’s favorite classical music and preferred performers. Merrill provided descriptions of nature when she and the artist went for walks; she read to O’Keeffe from her favorite books and helped keep her space in meticulous order. //
New & Noteworthy Books
Full list of new & noteworthy books received
October 28, 2010
Anthology
When Last on the Mountain, Ed. Vicky Lettmann, Carol Roan, Holy Cow Books
Children's/YA Fiction
The Battle of the Snow Cones, Lupe Ruiz-Flores, Pinata Books
Grandma's Chocolate, Mara Price, Pinata Books
Mali Under the Night Sky, Youme Landowne, Cinco Puntos Press //
The Runaway Piggy, Laura Lacamara, Pinata Books //
Children's/YA Nonfiction
Giveaways, Linda Boyden, Univ of New Mexico Press
Fiction
Codename Prague, D. Harlan Wilson, Raw Dog Screaming Press //
Coyote O'Donohughe's History of Texas, Chuch Rosenthal, What Books Press //
Fireflies in the Mist, Qurratulain Hyder, New Directions Books
Lord of Misrule, Jaimy Gordon, McPherson & Co
Nonfiction
In Search of Civilization, John Armstrong, Graywolf Press //
Life, Keith Richards, Little, Brown & Co
Otherwise Known as the Human Condition, Geoff Dyer, Graywolf Press //
Weekends with O'Keefe, C.S. Merrill, Univ of New Mexico Press //
Poetry
All Good Water, J.P. White, Holy Cow Books //
The Cloud Corporation, Timothy Donnelly, Wave Books
Faulkner's Rosary, Sarah Vap, Saturnalia Books
Four of a Kind, Mark Neely, Concrete Wolf Pub
The Lesser Fields, Rob Schlegel, Colorado State Univ Coop Extension
The Mystery of the Hidden Driveway, Jennifer L. Knox, Bloof Books
The New Tourism, Harry Mathews, Sand Paper Press //
Nine Worthies, Caroline Knox, Wave Books
The Oldest Hands in the World, Daniele Pantano, Black Lawrence Press
Sightline, Elizabeth Austen, Andrea Bates, Carol Stevens , Toadlily Press //
So Quick Bright Things, Gail Wronsky, What Books Press
These Hands, Aage Brandt, Host Publications //
Velleity's Shade, Star Black, Bill Knott, Saturnalia Books
Why We Make Gardens, Jeanne Larsen, Mayapple Press //
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