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Rochelle Ratner, COMBING
THE WAVES
"These 80 poems improvise with intelligence and grace on a central theme--the
woman as mermaid."--Robert Peters, Small Press Review.
Poetry, 92 pages,
$6.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-16-8.
John Ratti, SAMSON'S
RIDDLE
"A cool heat, a distanced closeness, a spiritual sensuality. . . He
does write beautifully."--John Gill, New York Native.
Poetry, 76 pages,
$6.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-41-0.
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Steven Schrader,What
We Deserved: Stories from a New York Life
“Steven Schrader’s assemblage of
a mosaic of his brief memory snapshots adds up to a poignant, powerful,
and funny book about growing up in New York City.” – Isaiah
Sheffer, Director, NPR’s Selected Shorts.
Fiction
paper, ISBN 1-931236-63-1 $16.00
HC, ISBN 1-931236-62-3 $26.00
Steven Schrader,
ARRIVING AT WORK AND OTHER STORIES
"Outstanding. . . wonderful stories. . . with just the right touch of
lightness and compassion."--Booklist. By the author of On Sundays We
Visit The In Laws.
Fiction, 104 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-60-1, $8.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-61-8, $15.00.
Ron Schreiber, JOHN
A tender and unsparing account of a young man dying of AIDS. "Read the
poems--they are brilliant," --Scene Out (London). "A stunning chronicle,"
--Bay Windows.
Poetry, 96 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-62-5, $8.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-63-2, $15.00.
Ron Schreiber, LIVING
SPACE
The first collection by the editor of 31 New American Poets and the
first book published by Hanging Loose Press. "Sitting down with Ron
Schreiber's poems, one has the feeling of sharing with a friend who
both supports and challenges."--Ken Jones, Gay Sunshine.
Poetry, 63 pages, $5.00.
Also available by Ron Schreiber:
MOVING TO A NEW PLACE, Alice
James books, $10.00
FALSE CLUES, Calamus
Books, $10.00.
TOMORROW WILL REALLY BE SUNDAY, Calamus
Books, $10.00.
James Schuyler, (Freely
Espousing, an earlier book, published by SUN, is available from HL,
$12.00.)
Harvey Shapiro, A
DAY'S PORTION
"Vivid and engaging. . . his best lines packed with a hard-earned ruefulness.
. . contemporary poetry has rarely been so readable."--Matthew Flamm,
The Nation.
Poetry, 96 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-10-2, $10.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-11-9, $18.00.
(Lauds and Nightshades, an earlier book, published by SUN, is available from
HL, $12.00.)
John Oliver Simon, RATTLESNAKE
GRASS: SELECTED SHORTER POEMS 1956-1976
"Simon has a fine sense of the Western landscape and his place in it."--Victor
Contoski, Abraxas.
Poetry, 76 pages,
$5.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-12-0.
M.L. Smoker, ANOTHER
ATTEMPT AT RESCUE
"M.L. Smoker’s poems are tough, funny, magical, but not in
a goofy way. This is blue-collar magic. Unemployed magic. Living on government
cheese magic. I highly recommend this collection.”—Sherman
Alexie.
Poetry
paper, ISBN 978-1-931236-51-5 $14.00
HC, ISBN 978-1-931236-52-2 $24.00
Michael Stephens,
JIGS AND REELS
Unsettling prose poems from an adventurous writer. "Anything he publishes
is of interest."--Thomas McGonigle, Review of Contemporary Fiction.
". . . that lovely feel of let me tell you."--Robert Creeley.
Prose, 104 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-85-4, $10.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-86-1, $18.00.
Jules Supervilles,
(Selected Poems, an earlier book, published by SUN, is available from
HL, $12.00.)
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Keith Taylor,Guilty
at the Rapture
Poetry/Prose
paper, ISBN 1-931236-61-5 $15.00
HC, ISBN 1-931236-64-X $25.00
Keith Taylor,
LIFE SCIENCE
"Sly, ghostly and unsettling. . . Even though it kept me awake part
of the night with its eerie humor and visions, I loved this book."--Charles
Baxter.
Fiction, 72 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-14-0, $12.00
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-15-7, $20.00.
Robin Tewes,
26 PAINTINGS
"No one paints the contemporary American scene like Robin Tewes."--Ronny
H. Cohen. "The greatest pictures of Middle America we've ever seen."--Sipapu.
Art, unpaged,
$7.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-32-8.
Eric Torgersen, ETHIOPIA
The relationship between an American white man and a black Ethiopian
woman
"Wonderfully harsh and deft, often brilliant."--Jim Harrison.
Fiction, 56 pages, $5.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-06-9.
Tony Towle, SOME
MUSICAL EPISODES
Ninth collection by a poet whose work James Schuyler
applauded for its "noble grace, dramatic and personal."
Poetry, 100 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-25-0, $10.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-38-0, $18.00.
Also available: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND OTHER POEMS (SUN), $12.00.
Tony Towle, THE
HISTORY OF THE INVITATION
"This book is a grand achievement; a tome of such human generosity
and wit is not to be missed."--Anne Waldman
Poetry & Short Prose, 256 pages
paper, ISBN 978-1-931236-01-0 $17.00
cloth, ISBN 978-1-931236-02-7 $26.00
Patricia Traxler,
THE GLASS WOMAN
"brings to mind Walt Whitman at his best, for Traxler has written an
absorbing, haunting, feminine 'Song of Myself,'"--Victor Contoski, Abraxas.
Poetry, 96 pages,
$10.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-34-2.
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Voices of the City
edited by King, Russell, Carter & Hershon
Voices of the City is a collection
of vibrant poems that take the pulse of the modern city in all its joy
and despair, its yearning and celebration. Organized by the Institute
on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University
Newark, in conjunction with Hanging Loose Press, this anthology features
work from some of the country’s best-known writers side by side
with prize-winning poems by talented teenagers.
In the words of co-editor Rosamond S. King: “Think of each of
these poems as a window onto an urban landscape. From some, you will
see a panoramic view of city life, from others a distilled moment. Together,
these poem-windows present dozens of perspectives on urban environments.”
Poetry, 96 pages
Paperback: ISBN 1-931236-42-9, $14
Orhan Veli, I,
ORHAN VELI
Translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat. One of the founders of modern Turkish
poetry. "Fresh, colloquial, witty and direct. . . I, Orhan Veli refreshed
me."--Gary Lenhart, Poetry Project Newsletter.
Poetry, 120 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-64-9, $13.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-65-6, $20.00.
Paul Violi,
FRACAS
This book should have you laughing out loud.” -Poetry Quarterly
Review (England). “Violi is one of the most inventive poets around.” -David
Lehman, Newsday.
Poetry, 88 pages
paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-62-1 $15.00
cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-63-8 $21.00
Paul Violi,
THE CURIOUS BUILDER
"A clear, marvelous eye for his surroundings and an ability to depict
them precisely. . . would be enjoyed by a wide audience."--Reagan Upshaw,
Multicultural Review.
Poetry, 80 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-00-3, $13.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-01-0, $18.00.
Paul Violi,
LIKEWISE
"This book is a knockout!" --William Corbett, Harvard Book Review.
Poetry, 96 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-55-7, $13.00
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-56-4, $15.00
(Harmatan, an earlier book, published by SUN, is available from
HL, $7.00.)
Paul Violi,
Selected Accidents, Pointless Anecdotes
aul Violi’s first prose collection. “A wit that turns absurdity
into sharp literary irony.” -Library Journal.
Prose, 72 pages
paper, ISBN 978-1-931236-15-7 $13
cloth, ISBN 978-1-931236-16-4 $21
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Chuck Wachtel,
What Happens to Me
“Awe-inspiring....” -Lewis Walsh. “...[An] observant,
dreamy, pungent collection....” -Jean Valentine.
Poetry & Prose , 128 pages
paper, ISBN 978-1-882413-74-4 $13.00
cloth, ISBN 978-1-882413-75-1 $21.00
Chuck Wachtel, THE
CORIOLIS EFFECT
New work, plus all the shorter pieces previously collected in now-elusive
chapbooks, by the author of the much-acclaimed novel, Joe the Engineer.
Prose and poetry, 120 pages,
$7.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-40-3.
Nathan Whiting, THIS
SLAVE DREADS HER WORK AS IF SHE WERE A LAMB COMMANDED TO BE A MUSICIAN
"Thoroughly good angry revolutionary poetry, and we're glad of it."--Sipapu.
Poetry, 63 pages,
$6.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-15-1.
Kathleen Wiegner, FREEWAY
DRIVING
Her "poems speak of the human condition and her own understanding vividly,
and with compassion."--Library Journal.
Poetry, 69 pages,
$6.00. ISBN 978-0-914610-23-6.
Terence Winch, THAT
SPECIAL PLACE: New World Irish Stories
Poet, fiction writer, and musician, Terence Winch is the author
of eleven books and chapbooks, most recently the poetry collections
The Drift of Things and The Great Indoors. His work has appeared in
such publications as The Paris Review, The American Poetry Review, Verse,
The New Republic, and New American Writing, and in more than 20 anthologies,
including Best American Poetry. He has won fellowships and awards from
the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fund for Poetry, and the Maryland
State Arts Commission. A native of the Bronx, he has lived in the Washington,
DC, area in recent years.
Winch has also enjoyed a long parallel career as a
performer and composer of traditional Irish music, primarily as a member
of the group Celtic Thunder, with whom he has recorded three albums,
including a winner of the INDIE award. Now, in That Special Place: New
World Irish Stories, he draws on his music life in the pubs and clubs
to map a path through Irish America.
Non-fiction stories, 120 pages
Paperback: ISBN 978-1-931236-33-1, $14.
Hardcover: ISBN 978-1-931236-34-8, $24.
Charles Wyatt, Swan
of Tuonela
"In his third book of fiction, Wyatt,
a musician turned writer, seems to be answering the question, what
happened to the hippies? Or, what happened to the artisans who remained
artists when hippie values got switched off? Wyatt’s protagonist
James, also a musician turned writer, is revealed in a subtle layering
of stylistic prose as Wyatt recalls post-hippie Philadelphia and
conjures up complex characters, interweaving storylines, and dreamlike
remembrances that would make surrealists and psychedelics alike smile
with glee. James’s sexual and artistic adventures are rooted
in the universal question, what does it means to be human, and in
dissecting and celebrating the artist’s lifestyle. A delicately
fashioned collection of short stories about the same key character,
ala Raymond Carver, Stuart Dybek, or Billy Lombardo, Wyatt’s
Swan of Tuonela is artful, insightful, and wonderfully atmospheric. ––Mark
Eleveld,
"Booklist"
Fiction
paper, ISBN 1-931236-65-8 $15.00
HC, ISBN 1-931236-66-6 $25.00
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Bill Zavatsky,Where
X Marks the Spot
“In poems whose language is as clear
and straightforward as that of Williams or Reznikoff, Bill Zavatsky
turns the floodlight of honesty onto himself, transforming, by the
very act of examination, his demons of anger, self-pity, loneliness,
and regret. This is brave and mature work, capacious enough for both
elegy and humor.”—Ron Padgett
Poetry
paper, ISBN 1-931236-67-4 $15.00
HC, ISBN 1-931236-68-2 $25.00
Larry Zirlin,
UNDER THE TONGUE
"Zirlin's vision of things is always keen, his imagination connected
to a tangible landscape."--Gary Lenhart, Poetry Project Newsletter.
Poetry and prose, 80 pages.
Paper, ISBN 978-0-914610-81-6, $9.00.
Cloth, ISBN 978-0-914610-82-3, $16.00.
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