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Posted on September 6, 2012
As Long as Trees Last
Poetry by Hoa Nguyen
Wave Books, September 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1933517612
Paperback: 88pp; $16
Clear-eyed and grounded, Hoa Nguyen performs a hook and snare on what it means to be a twenty-first century human in the nearly ego-less space of these chiseled yet spacious poems. Born in the Mekong Delta and raised in the DC area, Hoa Nguyen studied Poetics at New College of California in San Francisco where she earned an MFA. She is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, and her poems have been included in eight anthologies.
Everything, Now
Poetry by Jessica Moore
Brick Books, August 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1926829784
Paperback: 103pp; $19
Part lyric, part memoir, Everything, Now, Jessica Moore’s heart-rending debut, describes an untimely death and the journey of going on alone. The fact at the core of Everything, Now is the death of Moore’s lover in a sudden, tragic bicycle accident. But rather than simply detail such a catastrophe, Moore strives to bring memory back to full colour. How do we hold on to what totally escapes us? Where does love end and grief begin?
Favorites
from the First Fifteen Years
Anthology edited by Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, Devin McGuire
Encircle Publications, August 2012
Paperback: 116pp; $24.95
Favorites from the first fifteen years is the Aurorean's first reprint anthology. . . . Favorites highlights our history of publishing positive, uplifting poetry. The anthology is divided into three sections: "Seasons," "Meditations" and "New England." It showcases our firm New England roots and the diversity of our contributors who now number over 1,100 worldwide.
Into the Wilderness
Fiction by David Ebenbach
Washington Writers’ Publishing House, October 2012
ISBN-13: 978-0931846656
Paperback: 222pp; $16.95
The collection Into the Wilderness explores the theme of parenthood from many angles: an eager-to-connect divorced father takes his kids to a Jewish-themed baseball game; a lesbian couple tries to decide whether their toddler son needs a man in his life; one young couple debates the idea of parenthood while another struggles with infertility; a reserved father uses an all-you-can-eat buffet to comfort his heartbroken son.
The Last Vispo Anthology
Visual Poetry 1998 - 2008
Anthology by Ed. Nico Vassilakis, Craig Hill
Fantagraphics Books, November 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1606996263
Paperback: 336pp; $39.99
With The Last Vispo Anthology, Fantagraphics spotlights the intersection of art and language in this innovative new collection . . . that gathers the work of visual poets from around the world into one stunning volume. The alphabet is turned on its head and inside-out and the results culminate in a compilation of daring and surprising verbo-visual gems.
Poets’ Guide to America
Poetry by John F. Buckley, Martin Ott
Brooklyn Arts Press, November 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1936767168
Paperback: 114pp; $14.95
A former altar boy and a former U.S. Army interrogator, respectively, John F. Buckley and Martin Ott were born and raised in Michigan, meeting at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor before separately migrating to California. Their friendship evolved into a writing collaboration, and together their work has appeared in over 150 periodicals and anthologies and garnered three Pushcart nominations. Apart from the poetry collections and chapbooks they have published separately, Poets’ Guide to America represents the first book of their collaborations.
Speed Enforced by Aircraft
Poetry by Richard Peabody
The Broadkill River Press, April 2012
ISBN-13: 978-0-9826030-6-2
Paperback: 114pp; $15.95
Rick Peabody's latest collection of poetry is a testament to the many facets of his career. Though Peabody is a writer, poet, publisher, editor and long-time literary maven who has dedicated a large part of his own life to promoting other writers, especially young and/or emerging writers, this one-time wunderkind of American letters' own style has matured and his work has taken on a depth and complexity, and the richness of a fine vintage.
Tattoos
A Main Street Rag Short Fiction Anthology
Edited by Alice Osborne
Main Street Rag Books, November 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1-59948-380-1
Paperback: 233pp; $14.95
In this anthology, sometimes the tattoo is central to the plot, and other times merely tangential to these characters. You'll meet men and women haunted by war, by family and by themselves. They want to belong and to believe in something. And they are as different as the designs on their arms, legs, and backs.
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Posted September 6, 2012
Anthology
Aftermath: Stories of Secrets and Consequences, Ed. Rayne Debski, Main Street Rag Pub Co
The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern Pastoral, Ed. Joshua Corey, G.C. Waldrep, Ahsahta Press
Favorites from the first fifteen years, Ed. Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, Devin McGuire, Encircle Publications
Keeping Track: Fiction of Lists, Ed. Yelizaveta P. Renfro, Main Street Rag Pub Co
The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998 - 2008, Ed. Nico Vassilakis, Craig Hill, Fantagraphics Books
The Sister Fidelma Mysteries: Essays on the Historical Novels of Peter Tremayne, Ed. Edward J. Riley & David Robert Wooten, McFarland
Tattoos, Ed. Alice Osborn, Main Street Rag Pub Co
That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone, Ed. J.L. Powers, Cinco Puntos Press
Chapbook
The Body Double, Jared Harel, Brooklyn Arts Press
Under the Wild Ginger: A Simple Guide to the Wisdom of Wonder, Jeffrey D. Willius, Bunker Hill Publishing
Children’s/YA Fiction
Granny’s Clan: A Tale of Wild Orcas, Dr. Sally Hodson, Illustrated by Ann Jones, Dawn Publications
A Long Way Home, Alice Walsh, Second Story Books
Nature’s Patchwork Quilt: Understanding Habitats, Mary Miche, Illustrated by Consie Powell, Dawn Publications
Wobar: And the Quest for the Magic Calumet, Henry Homeyer, Bunker Hill Publishing
Fiction
Exponential Apocalypse: Dead Presidents, Eirik Gumeny, Jersey Devil Press
Into the Wilderness, David Ebenbach, Washington Writers’ Pub House
Lucky Bastard, Gary V. Powell, Main Street Rag Pub Co
Percival Everett by Virgil Russell, Percival Everett, Graywolf Press
Spectacle, Susan Steinberg, Graywolf Press
Nonfiction
Bringing in Finn: An Extraordinary Surrogacy Story, Sara Connell, Seal Press
Conning Harvard: The Con Artist Who Faked His Way into the Ivy League, Julie Zauzmer, Globe Pequot Press
Gabriela Mistral’s Struggle with God and Man: A Biographical and Critical Study of the Chilean Poet, Martin C. Taylor, McFarland
The Jewish Story Finder: A Guide to 668 Tales Listing Subjects and Sources, Sharon Barcan Elswit, McFarland
Religious Allusion in the Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks, Margot Harper Banks, McFarland
A Room with a Pew: Sleeping Our Way Through Spain’s Ancient Monasteries, Richard Starks & Miriam Murcutt, Globe Pequot Press
Seeing Ezra, Kerry Cohen, Seal Press
Sherlock Holmes for the 21st Century: Essays on New Adaptations, Ed. Lynnette Porter, McFarland
So Far From Home: Russians in Early California, Ed. Glenn J. Farris, Heyday Books
The Swordfish Hunters: The History and Ecology of an Ancient American Sea People, Bruce Bourque, Bunker Hill Publishing
Teaching English as a Second Language: Giving New Learners an Everyday Grammar, Richard McGarry, McFarland
This Is Not the End of the Book, Jean-Claude Carriere, Umberto Eco, Northwestern Univ Press
The Way of Oz: A Guide to Wisdom, Heart, and Courage, Robert V. Smith, Texas Tech Univ Press
Poetry
As Long as Trees Last, Hoa Nguyen, Wave Books
Butcher’s Sugar, Brad Richard, Sibling Rivalry Press
Close By, Gigi Marks, Silverfish Review Press
Cutting Time with a Knife, Michael Leong, Black Square Editions
Everything, now, Jessica Moore, Brick Books
Heart. Wood., Eric Torgersen, Word Press
In Time’s Rift: (Im Zeitspalt), Ernst Meister, Wave Books
Lividity, Kim Rosenfield, Les Figues Press
only blue body, Rosalynde Vas Dias, Anhinga Press
Poets’ Guide to America: poems, John F. Buckley, Martin Ott, Brooklyn Arts Press
The Politics of Knives, Jonathan Ball, Coach House Books
Probably Inevitable, Matthew Tierney, Coach House Books
Puerto Rico: Poems, Alejandro Ventura, Brooklyn Arts Press
Speed Enforced by Aircraft, Richard Peabody, Broadkill River Press
Stubble Field, Paul Hunter, Silverfish Review Press
Thunderbird, Dorothea Lasky, Wave Books
Umberto’s Night: A Collection of Poems, Kathleen Hellen, Washington Writers’ Pub House