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Michael Lally, ATTITUDE: UNCOLLECTED POEMS OF THE SEVENTIES
The twentieth and largest collection by a poet "wholly involved in an American urban experience."--Sam Cornish.
Poetry, 195 pages,
$7.50. ISBN 978-0-914610-31-1.  

William Lane, MOONLIGHT STANDING IN AS CORDELIA
Library Journal calls Lane, a Pennsylvania writer, carpenter and Greek scholar, "a spiritual kin of Walt Whitman."
Poetry, 47 pages,
$4.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-20-2.  

Jacqueline Lapidus, READY TO SURVIVE
"Her poetry is strong, intelligent and often quite witty. . ."--Marge Piercy.
Poetry, 30 pages,
$4.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-04-5.

Joan Larkin, My Body: New and Selected Poems
Joan Larkin’s previous volumes of poetry include Cold River, which received a Lambda Literary Award for Poetry.  In her fourth decade of teaching writing, she is a member of the core faculty of the MFA Program in Poetry at New England College. 
Hardcover:  978-1-931236-75-1, $26. 
Paperback: ISBN 978-1- 931236-74-4,  $16. 

Gary Lenhart, FATHER AND SON NIGHT
“The ultimate graciousness in art.” -Ron Padgett. “The operatic stillness of this work, one of many of Lenhart’s great success, scores an intensity and toughness that is both awe-inspiring and sublime.” -Lewis Warsh.
Poetry, 72 pages
paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-64-5 $13.00
cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-65-2 $21.00  

Gary Lenhart, LIGHT HEART
Second full collection by a writer who "can say a great deal in a few words and knows how to weave the Big Ideas into his work without pretending to resolve them."--Washington Review.
Poetry, 66 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-91-5, $9.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-92-2, $15.00.  

R. Zamora Linmark, PRIME-TIME APPARITIONS
“...witty and disenchanted, sexy and tough, jangled with longing and the crazed changes the wild new world works.”—Mark Doty.
Poetry
paper, ISBN 978-1-931236-45-4 $15.00
HC, ISBN 978-1-931236-46-1 $25.00

Dick Lourie, GHOST RADIO
This is Lourie's seventh individual collection. A musician as well as a poet, he plays tenor sax and trumpet. Ghost Radio includes the complete text of the poem "Forgiving Our Fathers," which is featured in the movie Smoke Signals. "It's good to hear his voice again after a lapse of some years--a voice he found early, and which speaks with a unique and convincing eloquence." --Denise Levertov. "Dick Lourie's poems are like sudden, dramatic snapshots of true feeling and memory: of friends, family, life, death, and--maybe most of all--music."--Alison Lurie
Poetry, 120 pages
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-48-5, $12.00
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-49-2, $20.00 (Out Of Print)

Dick Lourie, GHOST RADIO BLUES (CD)
Poetry and blues meet at the crossroads in this CD by poet and blues musician Dick Lourie. Many of these poems appeared in Lourie's book Ghost Radio (Hanging Loose, 1998), now in its fourth printing. Here Lourie turns them into musical collaborations with an assortment of skilled blues band professionals, speaking the poems himself and adding tenor sax solos. Special guests include acclaimed blues performer Big Jack Johnson, and teenage musicians from the Mississippi Delta. The CD also features a version of Lourie's poem "Forgiving Our Fathers," which many remember as the moving climax to the popular film Smoke Signals.
CD $15.00

Dick Lourie, ANIMA
Still available, this early collection by a poet "who never lets go of ideas, emotions, and a need to write honestly. . ."--Booklist. "There are few poems of the last ten years that have moved me as much as some of his."--Denise Levertov.
Poetry, 81 pages,
$5.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-09-0

Jacqueline Lyons, The Way They Say Yes Here
Born in Wisconsin, Jacqueline Lyons graduated from Colorado State University with an MFA in Creative Writing. She is now at the University of Utah, completing a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing. The Way They Say Yes Here is her first collection, the contents of which came largely from her experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho, Southern Africa, where she spent three years. Her poems and essays have appeared in Calyx, Hanging Loose, Puerto del Sol, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Phoebe, Florida Review and other publications.
Poetry
paper, ISBN 978-1-931236-29-4 $14.00
cloth, ISBN 978-1-931236-30-0 $24.00

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Morton Marcus, WHEN PEOPLE COULD FLY
Marcus has published six books of poems, as well as a novel and pieces for the theater. He teaches Film and Literature at Cabrillo College in Aptos and is co-host of a weekly poetry show on KUSP radio. "Marcus is the kind of priest-poet who, like Peguy or Jacob, gets to the Light by tearing up the universe in ecstatic dance." --Andrei Codrescu. "These eloquent prose poems journey over a vast landscape of human experience, myth, folk tale, and family history. Larger than life, spinning through time and space with imaginative pyrotechnics and acute perception, the poems are entertaining, sobering, and above all, wise." --Shirley Kaufman
Prose poems, 128 pages
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-44-7, $13.00
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-45-4, $21.00

Pansy Maurer-Alvarez, When the Body Says It’s Leaving
When the Body Says It’s Leaving si the second poetry collection by Pansy Maurer-Alvarez. Born in Puerto Rico, Pansy Maurer-Alvarez was raised in Pennsylvania, and now resides in Paris and occasionally in Zurich. Before she decided to write full time in the late 80s, she was a teacher and a translator. Her work has since appeared in such magazines as Kalliope, Hanging Loose, The World and Lungfull! (US), and The Times Literary Supplement, Orbis and Leviathan Quarterly (UK). She occasionally teaches workshops and is a contributing editor to the British magazine, Tears in the Fence. A fine press collaboration with an artist, Lovers Eternally Nearing, was published in Zurich in 1997, in English and German. Her first poetry collection, Dolores: The Alpine Years, was also published by Hanging Loose Press in 1996.
Poetry, 82 pages
paper, ISBN 978-1-931236-31-7 $14.00
cloth, ISBN 978-1-931236-32-4 $24.00

Pansy Maurer-Alvarez, DOLORES: THE ALPINE YEARS
Born in Puerto Rico, raised in Pennsylvania and a longtime resident of Paris, this first-book writer speaks through the lively persona of Dolores. "After you read these poems, you'll know that Dolores is out there somewhere and you'll want to join her."--Sherman Alexie. "Her poetry is buoyant. . . . For a lover of European culture, they're a real treat."--Kliatt. "A jewel box of contrasting sensibility. . . . A real pleasure."&emdash;Alice Notley. "Breathtakingly inviting…."--Ed Friedman.
Poetry, 72 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-30-0, $12.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-31-7, $20.00.

"DOWN AN OLD ROAD: THE POETIC LIFE OF WILMA ELIZABETH MCDONALD" is a 40-minute video by Chris Simon featuring the poet at home in Tulare, reading poems and discussing her life and work.
$29.95 (Sorry, no institutional orders.)

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, THE LAST DUST STORM
"Stays as close to the soil as the human condition will allow. . . The 'ghosts' in McDaniel's lean, honest poetry belong to all of us."--Frank Allen, American Book Review.
Poetry, 104 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-16-4, $12.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-17-1, $20.00.  

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, A PRIMER FOR BUFORD
"One wants to return to her book again and again."--Pete Seeger.
Poetry, 120 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-87-8, $9.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-88-5, $15.00.  

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, SISTER VAYDA'S SONG
"As real as the dustbowl--A moving collection, alive with people seldom encountered in modern poetry."--Sam Cornish. "A small masterpiece." --Sojourner.
Poetry, 68 pages,
$10.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-27-4.  

Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, BORROWED COATS
"McDaniel stamps her poems with an undeniable signature of simplicity of diction combined with power of suggestion."--Laurel Speer
Poetry , 112 pages
paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-93-5 $13.00
cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-94-2 $21.00 (Out Of Print)

Arnold Mesches, The FBI Files
For 26 years the F.B.I. watched the artist Arnold Mesches. Federal agents took note of his illustrations for political journals and magazines. They watched him march for peace and disarmament and demonstrate against Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. They were also, during this time, compiling an 800 page dossier on him.
Today he has turned these files into art and put them on view at P.S. 1 in the exhibition “The F.B.I. Files.” The art consists of colorful collages of news clippings, personal photographs, 50’s era images and hand-written and typed script, all surrounded by decorative painted borders. Mr. Mesches said the works were inspired by the mix of image and sacred text found in illuminated medieval manuscripts.
Read more and view the work>>
Art, 64 pages :
paper, ISBN 978-1-931236-41-6 $30.00

Sharon Mesmer, In Ordinary Time
“Mesmer’s evocative poetic language provides refreshingly clear images and clever turns of phrase.”—Publishers Weekly.
Fiction :
paper, ISBN 978-1-931236-47-8. $15
HC ISBN 978-1-931236-48-5, $25

Sharon Mesmer, The Empty Quarter
“The only thing wrong with Sharon Mesmer’s story collection is that it’s too short...” -The Stranger. “...astonishing, sexy, funny and brilliant....Dazzling and deep.” -Elinor Nauen.
Poetry, 103 pages
paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-66-9 $13.00
cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-67-6 $21.00

Derek Miller, Jendi Reiter, Tim Robbins, MILLER, REITER & ROBBINS: THREE NEW POETS
A first collection by three young poets who first appeared in Hanging Loose magazine. "Sophistication of thought and sensibility of expression that readers expect to find in older writers."--Kliatt Book Guide.
Poetry, 99 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-95-3, $9.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-96-0, $15.00.  

George Mosby, Jr., POPULATION
"Some of the images are rough and cruel, but the touchstones of his hard earned poetry are family and heritage."--Library Journal.
Poetry, 80 pages,
$7.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-35-9.  

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Elinor Nauen, American Guys
First full collection. "Nauen's poems are like her personality, which is irresistible"--Richard Hell. "Streetwise and New York funny. Nauenhas created a windswept metaphysic of American Life..."--Andrei Codrescu.
Poetry, 104pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-40-9, $12.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-41-6, $20.00.  

Maggie Nelson, THE LATEST WINTER
Maggie Nelson is originally from northern California. Her first full-length collection, Shiner, was published by Hanging Loose in 2001, and was a finalist for the Norma Farber First Book Award. Her work has appeared in many anthologies and journals, including The Best American Poetry 2002 (ed. Robert Creeley), Heights of the Marvelous: A New York Anthology (St. Martin’s Press, 2000), The Hat, LIT, Open City, and Shiny. She is a founding editor of Fort Necessity, a small literary magazine, and has taught at Wesleyan University and the New School Graduate writing Program in Creative writing. She is a doctoral candidate in English at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and lives in Brooklyn.
Poetry
TP: 978-1-931236-21-8, $13.
HC: 978-1-931236-22-5, $21

Maggie Nelson, SHINER
“Mad, funny, smart and on fire simultaneously, these poems hold a special spin, pitch and complexity all of their own.” -Lee Ann Brown. “Her Shiner is totally cool. -Eileen Myles.
Poetry, 80 pages
paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-99-7 $13.00
cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-00-3 $21.00

Charles North, CADENZA
Formally adventurous, emotionally and musically rich, Charles North’s poetry has received numerous honors, including two NEA grants and four Fund for Poetry Awards. In Cadenza, he displays all the qualities that made James Schuyler call him “the most stimulating poet of his generation” and the Washington Post hail him as “one of the most memorable of contemporary poets.”
Poetry 
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-931236-76-8, $15. 
Hardcover: ISBN 978-1-931236-71-5, $25. 

Charles North, THE YEAR OF THE OLIVE OIL
"A delight from beginning to end."--John Ash, Washington Post. "The most stimulating poet of his generation."--James Schuyler. "Astounding."--Booklist.
Poetry, 75 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-66-3, $9.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-67-0, $15.00.  

Charles North, NO OTHER WAY:SELECTED PROSE
No Other Way collects essays, lectures, reviews and other prose written over two decades by a New York poet whom James Schuyler called "the most stimulating poet of his generation." Charles North's fresh and provocative writing illuminates the work of both well-known and undersung poets and artists (Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery, Fairfield Porter, David Schubert, Kenneth Koch, John Hollander, Barbara Guest, Trevor Winkfield, F.T. Prince and others), as well as crucial, undercover issues in criticism and "The State of the Art." "Few people read poetry and art as carefully and usefully as Charles North. What he has to say … is both precise and luminous. " --John Yau
Essays, 172 pages
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-52-2, $13.50
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-53-9, $22.00

D. Nurkse, SHADOW WARS
The first book by a Brooklyn-based writer. "Beauty and terrible power. . . Darkly compelling."--Midwest Book Review.
Poetry, 88 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-53-3, $7.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-54-0, $15.00.  

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Jeni Olin, BLUE COLLAR HOLIDAY
“Olin’s voice is both raw and accommodating. This is a marvelous debut.”—John Ashbery.
Poetry
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-931236-49-0, $16.

Ron Overton, HOTEL ME: POEMS FOR GIL EVANS AND OTHERS
"We have a fine and gentle poet among us who can move us wonderfully."--Richard Elman.
Poetry 80 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-08-9, $10.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-09-6, $18.00.  

Ron Overton, LOVE ON THE ALEXANDER HAMILTON
"This is an exciting book full of humorous and poignant poems."--Paul Violi.
Poetry, 88 pages,
$6.00, ISBN 978-0-914610-39-7.    

Ron Overton, PSYCHIC KILLED BY TRAIN
“By turns tender, tart, gently ironic, heartbreakingly beautiful, Ron Overton’s poems celebrate what is lost and what is found in the neon rainbowed urban/suburban world of late twentieth century America, life as advertised and life as really lived, life of the soft soap and the hard sell….In these wildly comic outtakes of the American dream, immediacy is everywhere mediated by pop culture, the media’s middlemen…promising to give back to us what we have lost—‘the ability to feel.’ With his sharp eye and delicate jazz-inflected ear Ron Overton sings of the fading icons of America’s childhood…in the twilight of the American century.” —L.S. Asekoff
Poetry, 112 pages
paper, ISBN 978-1-93-1236-13-3 $13.
cloth, ISBN 978-1-93-1236-14-0 $21.

Maureen Owen, IMAGINARY INCOME
"Like a series of small explosions. . . an energetic voice."--Publishers Weekly. "Kudos to Imaginary Income for its wit, exuberance, imagination. . . Revelation!"--Anne Waldman.
Poetry, 48 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-97-7, $9.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-98-4, $16.00.  

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Mark Pawlak,OFFICIAL VERSIONS
"Pawlak is an up-beat, up-town (sometimes out-of-town, off-beat) guy who knows the real world but is still on top of it. On top of it, too, with his language, style and versatility. His native urban resilience, his techniques and his genuine interest in everything around him, enables him to move easily from the vernacular to the elegant.... [Official Versions is] a feast of sensuality, mystery, poetic processes and a sense of urgent being. It contains love and beauty, horror and war, creations and recreations, all the universals are there."
- Patricia Prime, New Hope International Review (UK)
Poetry
paper, ISBN 1-931236-59-3 $15.00
HC, ISBN 1-931236-60-7 $25.00

Mark Pawlak, SPECIAL HANDLING: NEWSPAPER POEMS NEW AND SELECTED
"Marvelous. . . a strange, haunting, luminous book."--Hilton Obenzinger.
Poetry, 96 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-57-1, $10.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-99-1, $18.00.  

Mark Pawlak, ALL THE NEWS
Pawlak shows "that he is one of the sons of Brecht, who certainly would have liked this book."--Thomas McGrath.
Poetry, 32 pages,
$4.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-37-3,
Also available: THE BUFFALO SEQUENCE, Copper canyon Press, $10.00.  

Also available by Mark Pawlak:  
"The Buffalo Sequence" Copper Canyon Press, $15

Robert Peterson, ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
In his ninth collection, Peterson, the well-known California teacher and editor, writes with an assurance that makes it all look easy. "A poet's poet," says Morton Marcus. "He makes the most daunting verbal task read like an afterthought, performed while he is frying eggs." "If the great Japanese haiku poet Kobayashi Issa were to resurface. . . . he would take the name of Robert Peterson."--Clemens Starck.
Poetry, 67 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-32-4, $12.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-33-1, $20.00.

Frances Phillips, UP AT TWO
"Women have only begun to write about their lives. . . She brings to light many ordinary incidents that we recognize but have never seen in a poem before."--Frances Mayes, San Jose Mercury-News.
Poetry, 64 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-89-2, $9.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-90-8, $15.00.  

Frances Phillips, FOR A LIVING
"Phillips' poems are swiftly paced, enormously pleasurable to the ear. . . Her gifts as a poet are abundant."--Kathleen Fraser.
Poetry, 81 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-26-7, $7.00.  

Barbara Ann Porte, HE'S SORRY, SHE'S SORRY, THEY'RE SORRY TOO
This is Barbara Ann Porte's first collection of short stories for the general reader."Barbara Ann Porte's work is lively and inventive and full of imaginative sparks." --Maxine Chernoff. "Barbara Ann Porte's stories transgress cultural and racial boundaries; therefore this book is remarkable in its scope. The stories here are marked with understanding and wit. A brave and impressive collection." --Ha Jin
Fiction, 152 pages
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-46-1, $13.00
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-47-8, $21.00

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