New & Noteworthy Books
New Books from Independent &
University Presses
See full list of noteworthy books by category below
Posted on August 20, 2009
New
Madrid
A Mississippi River Town in History and Legend
Nonfiction by Mary Sue Anton
Southeast Missouri State University Press, May 2009
ISBN-10: 0982248903
ISBN-13: 978-0982248904
Paperback: 328pp; $19.00
From website: New Madrid's pioneers reveal their past and their stories through letters, newspapers, official records, and other sources. The author takes the reader through the town's history, recounting tales of legendary people whose lives crossed with those of area residents. //
Tsim
Tsum
Poetry by Sabrina Orah Mark
Saturnalia Books, October 2009
ISBN-10: 0981859127
ISBN-13: 978-0981859125
Paperback: 80pp; $14.00
From website: "[A] collection of episodes from a lost, slightly sinister children's books on the nature of love and time." - Mark Doty
Hangtime
A Confession
Fiction by Randall Silvis
Kitsune Books, December 2009
ISBN-10: 0981949517
ISBN-13: 978-0981949412
Paperback: 192pp; $14.00
Meet Terence Newcombe, a "literature professor with nothing original or relevant to teach. A homeowner, taxpayer, respected member of society deserving nothing but contempt. A hoaxster, a con man, a grifter." //
New & Noteworthy Books
Full list of new & noteworthy books received
August 20, 2009
Poetry
Assembly, Novica Tadic (HOST Publications) //
Edward Hopper, Ernest Farres (Graywolf Press) //
Europes, Jacques Reda (HOST Publications)
Henri, Sophie, & The Hieratic Head of Ezra Pound, Tom Holmes (BlazeVOX) //
Hush Sessions, Kristi Maxwell (Saturnalia Books)
Rock Worn by Water, Florence Chard Dacey (Plain View Press) //
Ta(l)king Eyes, Jacque Vaught Brogan (Chax Press) //
Tsim Tsum, Sabrina Orah Mark (Saturnalia Books)
Vengeful Hymns, Marc J. Sheehan (Ashland Poetry Press) //
Fiction
31 Hours, Masha Hamilton (Unbridled Books) //
The Complete Collection of People, Places & Things, John Dermot Woods (BlazeVOX) //
Hangtime: A Confession, Randall Silvis (Kitsune Books) //
Lucky Everday, Bapsy Jain (Penguin Books)
The Man from Kinvara, Tess Gallagher (Graywolf Press) //
Mother and Child, Rochelle Ratner (Hamilton Stone Editions) //
Rapture Practice, Sam Howie (Main Street Rag) //
Sometimes we’re Always Real Same-Same, Mattox Roesch (Unbridled Books) //
Triple Time, Anne Sanow (University of Pittsburgh Press) //
The Yonder Side of Sass and Texas, Joanna Beth Tweedy (Southeast Missouri State University Press) //
Nonfiction
The House of Dance & Feathers, Rachel Breunlin & Ronald W. Lewis (University of New Orleans Press)
New Madrid, Mary Sue Anton (Southeast Missouri State University Press) //
Page updated August 25, 2009