New & Noteworthy Books
New Books from Independent & University Presses
See full list of noteworthy books by category below
Posted on January 6, 2011
America Plops and Fizzes
Poetry by Andrew Rihn
sunnyoutside, February 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-934513-30-9
Paperback: 48pp; $13.00
"These poems remind us that we are all tethered to something dark, violent, and absurd that lies hidden below the surface of late capitalism." With original artwork by David Munson.
A Beautiful Name for a Girl
Poetry by Kirsten Kaschock
Ahsahta Press, January 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-934103-17-3
Paperback: 112pp; $17.50
"Human identity testing itself: are the speakers of these poems mother, teacher, creative artist--or are they merely bones to be sorted and juggled?"
The Coffins of Little Hope
Fiction by Timothy Schaffert
Unbridled Books, May 2011
ISBN-13: 9781609530402
Hardcover: 272pp; $25.95
"An octogenarian obituary writer […] stumbles on the story of her life when her small Midwestern town surprisingly becomes the seat of pop culture notoriety--with a missing girl, a famous YA book series, and so much more…"
The Convert
A Tale of Exile and Extremism
Nonfiction by Deborah Baker
Graywolf Press, May 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-582-1
Paperback: 256pp; $23.00
"A spellbinding story of renunciation, conversion, and radicalism."
Dayglo
Poetry by James Meetze
Ahsahta Press, January 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-934103-18-0
Paperback: 88pp; $17.50
Winner of the 2010 Sawtooth Poetry Prize, selected by Terrance Hayes.
Lit From Within
Contemporary Masters on the Art and Craft of Writing
Nonfiction Ed. Kevin Haworth, Dinty W. Moore
Ohio Univ Press / Swallow Press, March 2011
ISBN-13: 978-0-8214-1948-9
Paperback: 206pp; $19.95
Includes pieces by Billy Collins, Charles Baxter, Tony Hoagland, Maggie Nelson, Mary Ruefle and more.
Middletown
Drama by Will Eno
Theatre Communications Group, December 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-55936-380-8
Paperback: 94pp; $14.95
Winner of the Horton Foote Prize for Promising New American Play.
Missing
A Memoir
Nonfiction by Cornelia Maude Spelman
Northwestern Univ Press, December 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-2712-8
Hardcover: 156pp; $22.95
"Acclaimed children's book author Cornelia Maude Spelman's memoir of her family springs from a meeting and subsequent friendship with the late, legendary New Yorker editor William Maxwell."
Race
Drama by David Mamet
Theatre Communications Group, December 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-55936-382-2
Paperback: 72pp; $13.95
"An explosive new work by one of contemporary theater's most acclaimed and controversial playwrights."
The Twelve Wives of Citizen Jane
Chapbook by Daniela Olszewska
Spooky Girlfriend Press, 2010
Chapbook: 19pp; $3.00
New poetry chapbook from the Poetry Editor of
Black Warrior Review.
You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake
Poetry by Anna Moschovakis
Coffee House Press, February 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-56689-250-6
Paperback: 132pp; $16.00
"A sharp-witted investigation of love, work, and human responsibility in the age of consumption and hyperexposure."
New & Noteworthy Books
Full list of new & noteworthy books received
January 6, 2011
Chapbook
The big e, Ernst Jandl, Mindmade Books
Driving Montana, Alone, Katie Phillips, Slapering Hol Press
Dutch Baby Combo, A. Minetta Gould, Spooky Girlfriend Press
Invocation: An Essay, Jennifer S. Cheng, New Michigan Press
The Twelve Wives of Citizen Jane, Daniela Olszewska, Spooky Girlfriend Press
Drama
The Designated Mourner, Wallace Shawn, Theatre Comm Grp
Middletown, Will Eno, Theatre Comm Grp
Race, David Mamet, Theatre Comm Grp
Fiction
alt.punk, Lavinia Ludlow, Casperian Books
The Coffins of Little Hope, Timothy Schaffert, Unbridled Books
The Demon at Agi Bridge, Ed. Haruo Shirane, Columbia Univ Press
The Life and Memoirs of Doctor Pi, Edgar Bayley, Clockroot Books
So Cold the River, Michael Koryta, Hachette Book Group
Nonfiction
The Convert, Deborah Baker, Graywolf Press
Lit From Within, Ed. Kevin Haworth, Dinty W. Moore, Ohio Univ Press / Swallow Press
Missing, Cornelia Maude Spelman, Northwestern Univ Press
My Business Is to Create Blake's Infinite Writing, Eric G. Wilson, Univ of Iowa Press
Untold Sisters, Ed. Electa Arsenal, Stacey Schlau, Univ of New Mexico Press
Poetry
America Plops and Fizzes, Andrew Rihn, Sunnyoutside
A Beautiful Name for a Girl, Kirsten Kaschock, Ahsahta Press
Bloom, Simmons B. Buntin, Salmon Poetry
Dayglo, James Meetze, Ahsahta Press
Everything Else We Must Endure, Brian McGettrick, Sunnyoutside
Head Off & Split, Nikky Finney, Northwestern Univ Press
The Homelessness of Self, Susan Terris, Arctos Press
The Manageable Cold, Timothy McBride, Northwestern Univ Press
Meddle English, Caroline Bergvall, Nightboat Books
You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake, Anna Moschovakis, Coffee House Press