New Books

New books from independent presses

 

March 6, 2008

 

Poetry

Calenture, Kent Shaw (University of Tamp Press) //

Gold Carp Jack Fruit Mirrors, George Kalamaras (Bitter Oleander Press) //

A Darker, Sweeter String, Lee Sharkey (Off the Grid Press)

Forms of Intercession, Jayne Pupek (Mayapple Press) //

Leaving Iowa, Michael Meyerhofer (Briery Creek Press) //

Lucky Break, Terry Ehret (Sixteen Rivers Press) //

Midnights, Jane Miller (Saturnalia Books) //

The Opposite of Clairvoyance, Gillian Wegener (Sixteen Rivers Press) //

Practice, Dan Bellm (Sixteen Rivers Press) //

Superfecta, Clay Matthews (Ghost Road Press) //

 

Chapbooks

The Evening Papers, Matthew Kirby (Noemi Press) //

Gunshy, Sarah Ruth Jacobs (Finishing Line Press) //

The Heart That Lies Outside the Body, Stephanie Lenox (Slapering Hol Press) //

A Man of Ideas and Other Stories, David Galef (Noemi Press)

 

Fiction & Anthologies

18 Lies and 3 Truths: Great American Fiction and Nonfiction, The 2007 StoryQuarterly Annual, Ed. Tom Jenks, Carol Edgarian, M. M. M. Hayes (Narrative Press) // //

Avery: An Anthology of New Fiction, Ed. Stephanie Fiorelli, Adam Koehler, Andrew Palmer (Avery House Press) //

Best American Fantasy, Ed. Ann & Jeff Vandermeer (Prime Books) //

The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review, Ed. Danielle Ofri (Bellevue Literary Press)

New World/New Words: Recent Writing from the Americas, Ed. Thomas Chistensen (Center for the Art of Translation) //

One Clown Short, Linda C. Wright (Cold Tree Press) //

The Truth, Geoff Rips (Western Michigan University) //

 

NonFiction

Lines of Velocity: Words that Move From WriteGirl (WriteGirl Publications) //

 

Children/Young Adult

I Wish I Was Strong Like Michael, Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook (Raven Tree Press) //

Paco and the Giant Chile Plant, Keith Polette (Raven Tree Press) //

Postcards from Washing D.C., Laura Crawford (Raven Tree Press) //

 

March 1, 2008

 

Poetry

19 names for our band, Jibade-Khalil Huffman (Fence Books) //

A Book of Birds, Amy Tudor (Briery Creek Press) //

After Music, Conrad Hilberry (Wayne State University Press) //

Famous Last Words, Catherine Pierce (Saturnalia Books) //

Heaven of the Moment, John C. Morrison (Fairweather Books) //

How Else to Love the World, Myrna Stone (Browser Books) //

I, Afterlife: Essay in Mourning Time, Kristin Prevallet (Essay Press) //

In a Stone’s Hollow, Freddy Frankel

Realm Sixty-Four, Kristi Maxwell (Ahsahta Press) //

Rogue Hemlocks, Carl Martin (Fence Books)

The Joyful Dark, Michael Miller (Ashland Poetry Press) //

The Resurrection of Bert Ringold, Harvey Goldner (Cinco Puntos) //

The True Keeps Calm Biding It’s Story, Rusty Morrison (Ahsahta Press) //

The White Bride, Sarah Maclay (University of Tampa Press) //

Underwater Lengths in a Single Breath, Benjamin S. Grossberg (Ashland Poetry Press) //

Unspoiled Air, Kaisa Ullsvik Miller (Fence Books)

Wide Awake in Someone Else’s Dream, M.L. Liebler (Wayne State University Press) //

 

Chapbooks

Two Sides of the Same Thing, Matthew Nienow (Southeast Missouri State University Press) //

 

Fiction

Abecedarium, Davis Schneiderman & Carlos Hernandez (Chiasmus Press) //

Anteaters Don’t Dream and Other Stories, Louise Hawes (University Press of Mississppi) //

Oh, Don’t Ask Why, Dennis Must (Red Hen Press) //

Souvenirs, Julia Lauer-Chéene (Community Press) //

 

Nonfiction

A Truthful Heart: Buddhist Practices for Connecting with Others, Jeffrey Hopkins (Snow Lion Publications) //

Introduction to Emptiness, Guy Newland (Snow Lion Publications) //

Maps of Reconciliation: Literature and the Ethical Imagination, Ed. Frank Stewart & Barry Lopez (University of Hawaii Press) //

 

 

January 29, 2008

 

Poetry

A Clock with no Hands, Tom Sexton (Adastra Press) //

A Darker, Sweeter String, Lee Sharkey (Off the Grid Press)

A Moral Lesson, Paul Éluard (Green Integer) //

A Witch’s Dictionary, Sarah Kennedy (Elixir Press) //

A Woman’s Guide to Mountain Climbing, Jane Augustine (Marsh Hawk Press) //

All You have to do is Ask, Meredith Walters (Anhinga Press) //

An Architecture, Chad Sweeney (Blaze VOX) //

Annoying Diabetic Bitch, Sharon Mesmer (Combo Books) //

clarity and other poems, Thomas Fink (Marsh Hawk Press) //

Dead Languages, Clint McCown (Anhinga Press) //

Defying the Eye Chart, Marilyn Jurich (Mayapple Press) //

Ditch-tender, Julia B. Levine (University of Tampa Press) //

Dominant Hand, Elizabeth Kerlikowske (Mayapple Press) //

Either She Was, Karin Randolph (Marsh Hawk Press) //

Forms of Intercession, Jayne Pupek (Mayapple Press) //

Looking for the Horse Latitudes, Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth (Host Publications) //

Masque, Elena Karina Byrne (Tupelo Press) //

Music from Words, Marc Jampole (Bellday Books) //

My Last Door, Wendy Bishop (Anhinga Press) //

Purgatory Chasms, Susan Edwards Richmond (Adastra Press) //

Sonatina, John Michael Simon (Ibbetson Street Press) //

Table Walking at Nighthawk, Carol Darnell Guerrero-Murphy (Ghost Road Press) //

The Alphabet Game: a bpNichol reader, bpNichol (Coach House Books) //

The Halo Rule, Teresa Leo (Elixir Press) //

The Second Reason, Jenny Browne (University of Tampa Press) //

The View from Zero Bridge, Lynn Aarti Chandhok (Anhinga Press) //

Trick Pear, Suzanne Cleary (Carnegie Mellon University Press) //

 

Chapbooks

Creation Myths, Mathias Svalina (New Michigan Press) //

Jacket of the Straits, Vincent Zompa (New Michigan Press) //

Our Aperture, Ander Monson (New Michigan Press) //

Scorpionica, Karyna McGlynn (New Michigan Press) //

Stitched (A Surface Opens) //, Arianne Zwartjes (New Michigan Press) //

The Strange Case of Maribel Dixon, Charles Jensen (New Michigan Press) //

 

Fiction

Cars Go Fast, John Chattin (New Rivers Press) //

Electric Grace: Still More Fiction by Washington Area Women, ed. Richard Peabody (Paycock Press) //

Love Letters from a Fat Man, Naomi Benaron (BkMk Press) //

My Last Days, Lou Rowan (Chiasmus Press) //

New York Echoes, Warren Adler (Stonehouse Press) //

Nightmare in Silicon, Colette Phair (Chiasmus Press) //

Once in a Promised Land, Laila Halaby (Beacon Press) //

Sweet Potatoes, Lou Rowan (Ahadada Books) //

The five seasons of love, Joao Almino (Host Publications) //

The Leper Compound, Paula Nangle ( Bellevue Literary Press) //

The Lost Books of the Odyssey, Zachary Mason (Starcherone Books) //

The Resurrectionist, Jack O’Connell (Algonquin Books) //

The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch, Ladislav Klima (Twisted Spoon Press) //

The woman who wrote “king lear” and other stories, Louis Phillips (Pleasure Boat Studio) //

Wave of Terror, Theodore Odrach (Academy Chicago Publishers) //

 

Drama

Age of Arousal, Linda Griffiths (Coach House Books) //

Bad Boy Nietzsche! And other plays, Richard Foreman (Theatre Communications Group) //

 

Nonfiction

Fight to Freedom: The Story of Central American Refugees in California, ed. Rossana Pérez and Henry A. J. Ramos (Arte Pùblico Press) //

Love Labor Liberation in Lasana Sekou, Howard A. Fergus (House of Nehesi Publishers) //

Rapture of the Deep, Doug Thorpe (Red Hen Press) //

Rock On: an Office Power Ballad, Dan Kennedy (Algonquin Books) //

 

Children’s/YA

ABeCedarious, Mexican Folk Art in English and Spanish, Cynthia Weill and K.B. Basseches (Cinco Puntos Press) //

Meadow Dance, Dennis Rockhill (Raven Tree Press) //

 

December 1, 2007

 

Poetry

Cantos de adolescencia: Songs of Youth, Americo Paredes (Arte Publico Press) //

A Cartload of Scrolls, James P. Lenfestey (Holy Cow! Press) //

Broken Hallelujahs, Sean Thomas Dougherty (BOA Editions, Ltd.) //

Cleaning a Rainbow, Gary Gildner (BKMK Press) //

Cooking Lessons, Nina Romano (Rock Press) //

From Mist to Shadow, Robert K. Johnson (Ibbetson Street Press) // 

Frost Lights a Thin Flame, James Owens (Mayapple Press) //

House, Mariela Griffor (Mayapple Press) //

Inflorescence, Sarah Hannah (Tupelo Press) //

Maestro of Solitude, Robert Bonazzi (Wings Press) //

Psalm, Carol Ann Davis

Self Portrait Drawn from Many: 65 Poems for 65 Years, Irene Koronas (Ibbeston Street Press) //

Stirring the Mirror, Christine Boyka Kluge (Bitter Oleander Press) //

The Boys I Borrow, Heather Sellers (New Issues Poetry & Prose) //

The Gravity Soundtrack, Erin Keane (Wordfarm) //

The Sky over Walgreens, Chris Greene (Mayapple Press) //

The World Cut Out with Crooked Scissors, Carsten Rene Nielsen (New Issues Poetry & Prose) //

Undid in the Land of Undone, Lee Upton (New Issues Poetry & Prose) //

Washing the Stones, Linda Larson (Ibbeston Street Press) //

We Aren’t Who We Are and this world isn’t either, Christine Korfhage (CavanKerry Press) //

 

Fiction

A Spot of Bother, Mark Haddon (Vintage Contemporaries) //

All Over, Roy Kesey (Dzanc Books) //

Dante’s Ballad, Eduardo Gonzalez Viana (Arte Publico Press) //

Dream Lives of Butterflies, Jaimee Wriston Colbert (BKMK Press) //

Every Past Thing, Pamela Thompson (Unbridled Books) //

Heaven of Drums, Ana Gloria Moya (Curbstone Press) //

I Say a Little Prayer, E. Lynn Harris

In a Bear’s Eye, Yannick Murphy (Dzanc Books) //

Minimal Damage, H. Lee Barnes (University of Nevada Press) //

Ohio River Dialogues, William Zink (Sugar Loaf Press) //

St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, Karen Russell (Vintage Contemporaries) //

The Art of Reading: Stories and Poems, Julio Ortega (Wings Press) //

The Pale of Settlement, Margot Singer (University of Georgia Press) //

 

Nonfiction

America’s Child, Susan Sherman (Curbstone Press) //

Keep on Voting After the Election: How Ordinary People get What They Want from Government, Joel Blackwell (Insight Publishing) //

Notes from Nethers, Sandra Eugster (Academy Chicago Publishers) //

Tara’s Enlightened Activity, Khenchen Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal (Snow Lion Publications) //

Weird Emptiness, Alex Stein (Wings Press) //

 

Children’s/ YA

Butterflies on Carmen Street, Monica Brown (Pinata Books) //

Goodnight, Papito Dios, Victor Villasenor (Pinata Books) //

Mi Sueno de America: My American Dream, Yuliana Gallegos

Spin the Bottle, Justine Brown (Tin Press) //

The Truth about Las Mariposas, Ofelia Dumas Lachtman (Pinata Books) //

The Woodcutter’s Gift, Lupe Ruiz-Flores (Pinata Books) //

We Are Cousins, Diane Gonzales Bertrand (Pinata Books) //

 

 

June 2

 

Poetry:

A Day in Boyland, Jessy Randall (Ghost Road Press)

A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow, Noah Eli Gordon (New Issues Press)

At the Drive-In Volcano, Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Tupelo Press)

Down to the Quick, Nancy Scott (Plain View Press)

Each Place the Body’s, Aaron Anstett (Ghost Road Press)

Embryos & Idiots, Larissa Szporluk (Tupelo Press)

Heavenly Sex, Robert Sward (Black Moss Press)

Instead, David Lunde (Mayapple Press)

Notebook of Roses and Civilization, Nicole Brossard (Coach House Books)

Old Man Laughing, Robert King (Ghost Road Press)

One Big Self, C.D. Wright (Copper Canyon)

Relationship Related: And Other Poetry, Anthony B. Ashe (Reconstruction Books Publishing)

Standing in Line for the Beast, Jason Bredle (New Issues Press)

Telegraph, Kaya Oakes (Pavement Saw Press)

The Body Is No Machine, Jennifer Perrine (New Issues Press)

The Human Line, Ellen Bass (Copper Canyon)

The Pictures, Max Winter (Tarpaulin Sky Press)

Through a Gate of Trees, Susan Jackson (CavanKerry Press)

 

Chapbooks:

Arbor, Melissa Ginsburg (New Michigan Press)

My Hot Little Tomato, Colleen McKee (Cherry Pie Press)

There Are Words, Burt Kimmelman (Dos Madres Press)

 

Fiction:

At Play in the Killing Fields, Joseph DeMarco (AuthorHouse)

Avery: An Anthology of New Fiction, Eds. Stephanie Fiorelli, Adam Koehler, & Andrew Palmer (Avery House Press)

Boombox, Gabriel Cohen (Academy Chicago Publishers)

Hick, Andrea Portes (Unbridled Press)

In the Colorless Round, Joanna Howard (Noemi Press)

Kiss the Sky: Fiction & Poetry Starring Jimi Hendrix, Ed. Richard Peabody (Paycock Press)

Migrations: And Other Stories, Lisa Hernandez (Arte Publico Press)

Quinnehtukqut, Joshua Harmon (Starcherone Books)

The Children of Shahida, Anandam Kavoori (Sherman Asher Publishing)

The Last Chicken in America, Ellen Litman (W.W. Norton & Company)

The Lost Girl, James Morrison (Parlor Press)

The Species Crown, Curtis Smith (Press 53)

Three Versions of the Truth, Amy Knox Brown (Press 53)

Vulgar Lives, Rosalyn Drexler (Chiasmus Press)

Water Logic, Laurie J. Marks (Small Beer Press)

We, Robots, Sue Lange (Aqueduct Press)

Wolf at the Door, Travis Jeppesen (Twisted Spoon Press)

 

Chapbooks:

Carne verde, piel negra / An Avacado from Michoacan, Agustin Cardena, trans. by C. M. Mayo (Tameme, Inc.)

 

Drama:

The Art of the One-Act: An Anthology, Ed. Arnold Johnston & Deborah Ann Percy (New Issues Press)

 

NonFiction:

A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life, George Konrad (Other Press)

Comfort Food for Breakups, Marusya Bociurkiw (Arsenal Pulp Press)

Epic Journeys of Freedom, Cassandra Pybus (Beacon Press)

My Brother’s Madness, Paul Pines (Curbstone Press)

Peculiar People: The Story of My Life, Augustus Hare (Academy Chicago Publishers)

The Future of the Wild, Jonathan S. Adams (Beacon Press)

What Becomes You, Aaron Raz Link & Hilda Raz (Univ. of Nebraska Press)

 

Young Adult / Children’s:

Benito’s Sopaipillas / Las sopaipillas de Benito, Ana Baca (Arte Publico Press)

Mimi’s Parranda / La parranda de Mimi, Lydia M. Gil (Arte Publico Press)

Ricardo’s Race / La carrera de Ricardo, Dian Gonzales Bertrand (Arte Publico Press)

The Bee Tree, Stephen Buchmann & Diana Cohn (Cinco Puntos Press)

The Big Book of Pop Culture, Hal Niedzviecki (Annick Press)

 

June 2

Books Received

 

Poetry:

A Map by a Dim Lamp, Ron Starr (Ravenna Press)

Common Sense, C.G. Farrel (Acheulean Publishing)

Insect Dreams, Rosalind Palermo Steveneson (Rain Mountain Press)

My Father’s Window, Maya Mary Hebert (Rain Mountain Press)

Rooks, Gil Fagiani (Rain Mountain Press)

Chapbooks:

Are These My Lions?. Daniel E. Levenson (Literary Comments Press)

 

Fiction:

A Passion in the Desert, Thomas E. Kennedy (Wordcraft of Oregon, LLC)

A Tropical Place Like That: Stories of Mexico, Baker H. Morrow (Univ. of New Mexico Press)

Black’s Beach Shuffle, Corey Lynn Fayman (iUniverse)

Devils in the Sugar Shop, Timothy Schaffert (Unbridled Books)

Feeling for Bones, Bethany Pierce (Moody Publishers)

Is There a Hole in the Boat?, Darrin DuFord (Booklocker.com)

Lost Son, M. Allen Cunningham (Unbridled Books)

Never on These Shores, Stephen R. Pastore (Cohort Press)

Operation Supergoose, William Hart (Timberline)

The Carpenter of Auguliere, D. Wayne Dworsky (Concrete Jungle Press)

The Castro Gene, Todd Buchholz (Oceanview Publishing)

The Daemon in Our Dreams, John F. Rooney (Senneff House Publishers)

The Lady form Buenos Aires, John Lantigua (Arte Publico Press)

The Perception Experiment, Jason Glover (Thirdeye Publications)

Wave of Catharsis, Lisa Martens (Wheatmark)

Chapbooks:

Juan Carlos and the Feast of the Five Thousand, Alice Kuipers (Uptown Books)

 

NonFiction:

America: The Oil Hostage, Paul Bures (Virtualbookworm.com)

Angels See Through Eagles’ Eyes, Jane Ellis Conrad (Endless Possibilities)

Compassionate Action, Ed. Zach Larson (Snow Lion Publications)

Dying to be Young, Dr. Eric Kaplan (Nightengale Press)

Embracing Change, David Malin (Beaufort Books)

Generation What?, Ed. Bess Vanrenen (Speck Press)

In an Elevator with Brigitte Bardot, Michael Lee (Wordcraft of Oregon)

Mind Training, Ringu Tulku (Snow Lion Publications)

Off-Shoring the Middle Class, Steve Mushero (Virtualbookworm.com)

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, Volume VI, Eds. Antonio I. Castaneda & Gabriel Melendez (Arte Publico Press)

Red Hot Internet Publicity, Penny C. Sansevieri (Morgan-James)

Remembrances of Times Past, Marta Hiatt (Northern Start Press)

Vegetarian Revenge, Karen Q. Petersen & Philip E. Mann (Purslane Press)

Your Life, Your Choice, Bobby J. Bryant (Shiloh’s Choice Publications)

 

Young Adult / Children’s:

Bumperly Bumper Bee, Michael D. Davis (Luna Publishing)

Kid Ethics: From A to Z, James “Bud” Bottoms (Summerland Publishing)

The Guardian: Adventures with Ned, Nancy Gebhart Breske (Xlibris Corporation)

Valley of the Raven, Ken Ramirez (Twilight Times Books)

 

May 14

Books Received and Noted

 

Poetry

Blind Date with Cavafy, Steve Fellner (Marsh Hawk Press)

Bridge and Tunnel, John Hennessy (Turning Point)

Brother Salvage, Rick Hilles (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press)

Donatello’s Version, James Scully (Curbstone Press)

The Elephant House, Claudia Carlson (Marsh Hawk Press)

The First Noble Truth, Steve Kowit (Univ. of Tampa Press)

The Happiness Experiment, Lisa Fishman (Ahsahta Press)

Hence This Cradle, Helene Sanguinetti (Otis Books)

Human Resources, Rachel Zolf (Coach House Books)

I’m the Man Who Loves You, Amy King (Blaze VOX [books])

Innovative Women Poets, Elisabeth Frost and Cynthia Hogue, eds. (Univ. of Iowa Press)

Mine, Tung-Hui Hu, (Ausable Press)

A New Hunger, Laure-Anne Bosselaar (Ausable Press)

On Dream Street, Melanie Almeder (Tupelo Press)

Parts That Were Once Whole, Nancy Botkin (Mayapple Press)

Pioneers in the Study of Motion, Susan Briante (Ahsahta Press)

A Primer on Parallel Lives, Dan Gerber (Copper Canyon Press)

Salt, Jonas Zdanys (Virtual Artists Collective)

Sightings, Shin Yu Pai (1913 Press)

Slow Fire, Pamela Alexander (Ausable Press)

Small, Li Nan (Virtual Artists Collective)

Surviving Has Made Me Crazy, Mark Nepo (CavanKerry Press)

Theory of Orange, Rachel M. Simon (Pavement Saw Press)

Third Temple, Richard Chess (Univ. of Tampa Press)

 

Fiction

Asylum, Zeno and Chet

Fairy Tales for Writers, Lawrence Schimel (A Midsummer Night’s Press)

Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing, Delia Sherman and Theodora Goss, eds. (Small Beer Press)

Shantytown Kid, Azouz Begag (Univ. of Nebraska Press)

The Shepherd Boy, Darick Allan (Portal Press)

 

 

May 13

Books Received and Noted

Poetry

desire path, Myrna Goodman, Maxine Silverman, Meredith Trede, Jennifer Wallace (Toadlily Press)

Donatello’s Version, James Scully (Curbstone Press)

Dummy Fire, Sarah Vap (Saturnalia Press)

Facial Geometry, Neil de la Flor, Maureen Seaton, & Kristine Snodgrass (NeO Pepper Press)

The Fifth Voice, Pamela Hart, Allen Strous, Victoria Givotovsky, Noah Kucij (Toadlily Press)

Fossil Honey, Charles Atkinson (Hummingbird Press)

I Would Stay Forever If I Could and New Poems, Larry Levy (Mayapple Press)

In the Particular Particular, Stephanie Anderson (New Michigan Press)

Lands I Live In, Zilka Joseph (Mayapple Press)

Prairie Fever, Mary Biddinger (Steel Toe Books)

Red Studio, Mary Cornish (Oberlin College Press)

Seasons We Can’t Resist, Martha Carlson-Bradley (WordTech Editions)

Songs for the Extinction of Winter, Rob Cook (Rain Mountain Press)

Streetwise Poems/ Poemas Callejeros, Johanny Vazquez Paz (Mayapple Press)

What’s Written on the Body, Peter Pereira (Copper Canyon Press)

Without Weight of Light, Guy Bennett (NeO Pepper Press)

Fiction

…and the angels sang, John Sims Jeter (Livingston Press)

Attempts at a Life, Danielle Dutton (Tarpaulin Sky Press)

Brevity & Echo: An Anthology of Short Short Stories, Abigail Beckel & Kathleen Rooney, eds. (Rose Metal Press)

Chance Murphy and the Battle of Morganville, Josh P. McClary (Kedzie Press)

East Fifth Bliss, Douglas Light (Behler Publications)

A History of Things Lost or Broken, Philip Cioffari (Livingston Press)

The Library Window, Margaret Oliphant (University of Tampa Press)

Meeting the Dead, Andrew Geyer (University of New Mexico Press)

Motor City Blues, Peter Ohren (Casperian Books)

Naked in the Rain, Eowyn Wood (Crooked Hills Publishing)

Not What I Expected: The Unpredictable Road from Parcheesi Blues, Thomas Beltzer (Livingston Press)

Obit, Jim Sheeler (Pruett Publishing)

Skids, Cathleen With (Arsenal Pulp Press)

Something Familiar, Kat Ricker (Trillium Press)

A Study of Destiny, Cheiro (University of Tampa Press)

The Unicorn Man, Vox Anon (Lulu.com)

The Way We Knew It, Christopher Noel, Susan McCarty & Kathleen Harding, eds. (Vermont College / Union Institute & University)

Womanhood to Motherhood, Donya Currie Arias & Hildie S. Block, eds. (Paycock Press)

NonFiction

Bigger than Life: A Murder, a Memoir, Dinah Lenney (University of Nebraska Press)

Cowboy in Caracas: A North American’s Memoir of Venezuela’s Democratic Revolution, Charles Hardy (Curbstone Press)

Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History, F. Arturo Rosales (Arte Publico Press)

Traveling Light, Deborah DeWitt Marchant (William, James & Co.)

Children & Young Adult

The Shaman and the Water Serpent, Jennifer Owings Dewey (University of New Mexico Press)

 

May 13

Book Received

Fiction

The American Dream, Mike Palacek (CWG Press)

Command: A Kydd Sea Adventure, Julian Stockwin (McBooks Press)

Dragon of the Mangroves, Yasuyuki Kasai (iUniverse)

A Drifter in the Mind, J. Roberts (Tate Publishing & Enterprises)

The Gettysburg Ghost: A Love Story, Philip N. Rogone (Caring Creations Publishing)

Ladykiller, Lawrence Light and Meredith Anthony (Oceanview Publishing)

Loser’s Lounge, Don Boner (DL Sites)

Once Life Matters: A New Biggining, Marty Angelo with Michael Clark (Marty Angelo Ministries)

Peace I Ask of Thee, Oh River, Lyda Phillips (iUniverse, Inc)

Point and Shoot: A Lock Tourmaline Mystery, G.D. Baum (BookSurge)

The Pornographic Flabbergasted Emus, Wred Fright (ULA Press)

Prelude to a Change of Mind, Robert Stikmanz (Dalton Publishing)

Reality: The Novel, Jeff Havens (Academy Chicago Publishers)

Remainder, Tom McCarthy (Vintage Books)

The Rising Shore—Roanoke, Deborah Homsher (Blue Hull Press)

Runt the Hunted, Daniel Schwabauer (Clear Water Press)

Tales of Real and Dream Worlds, Bart Stewart (Paper View Books)

The Unbinding, Walter Kirn (Anchor Books)

The War of Knives: A Matty Graves Novel, Broos Campbell (McBooks Press)

With Nine You Get Vanyr, Jean Marie Ward and Teri Smith (Samhain Publishing)

x-24: unclassified, Ed. Tash Aw and Nii Ayikwei Parkes (flipped eye publishing limited)

Zoology, Ben Dolnick (Vintage Books)

Poetry

Because We Are Men, Charles Atkinson (The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review)

The Lita Conversation, Corey Mesler (Southern Hum Press)

real.m, Alfaro (Silenced Press)

Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated, Carson Cistulli (Casagrande Press)

Nonfiction

Australia Years: The Life of a Nuclear Migrant, P. Anna Johnson

Cagney & Lacey…and Me, Barney Rosenzweig (iUniverse)

California Healthy, Patricia Hamilton (At Home on the Road Publications)

Don’t Crash My Party!, Shirene Hasotia (Helm Publishing)

Don’t Throw Away Your Stick: Till You Cross the River, Vincent Collin Beach (Five Star Publications)

The Get A Life Campaign, Tyesse Gaines Reid (Infinity Publishing)

Gists, Orts, Shards: A Commonplace Book, Jonathan Greene (Broadstone Books)

Gunsmoke: An American Institution, Ben Costello (Five Star Publications)

Healthy Living Made Easy: The Only Things You Need to

Henry’s Daughter, Mildred Norman (Five Star Publications)

I Just Am, Bryan and Tom Lambke (Five Star Publications)

If Only I Could Tell You: Where Past Loves and Curren Intimacy Meet, Kate Harper and Leon Marasco (Spruce Mountain Press)

Know About Diet, Exercise and Supplements, K. Steven Whiting (Morgan James Publishing)

Les McGehee Plays Well With Others, Ric Williams, ed. (Dalton Publishing)

Living Among Angels, David Zimmer and Luella Stroh (Tracker Press)

The Meaning of Marxism, Paul D’Amato (Haymarket Books)

Sucka Free Love!, Deborrah Cooper (A-Magination Publishing)

Vive la Revolution: A Stand-up History of the French Revolution, Mark Steel (Haymarket Books)

Childrens/Young Adult

Alfie’s Bark Mitzvah, Shari Cohen (Little Five Star)

From Slave to Superstar of the Wild West, Tom Demund (Legends of the West Publishing)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Gayle Martia (Five Star Legends)

The Student From Zombie Island, Michael J. Moorehead (Little Five Star)

Tic Talk: Living With Tourette Syndrome, Dylan Peters (Little Five Star)

Wolfproof, Maureen Doyle McQuerry (Idylls Press)

 

February 22

Books Received & Noted

Fiction

Amulet, Roberto Bolano (New Directions)

Bandanas & October Supplies, M. Dylan Raskin (Thunder’s Mouth Press)

The Blue of Her Body, Sara Greenslit (Starcherone Press)

The Folded World, Amity Gaige (Other Press)

A Garden Amid Fires, Gladys Swan (BkMk Press)

The Heart of Mars, Chuck Rosenthal (Hollyridge Press)

Lost Son, M. Allen Cunningham (Unbridled)

O Street, Corrina Wycoff (OV Books)

Part of the World, Robert Lopez (Calamari Press)

The Revisionist, Miranda Mellis (Calamari Press)

Road of Five Churches, Stories by Stephanie Dickinson (Rain Mountain Press)

 

Poetry

Bone Pagoda, Susan Tichy (Ahsahta Press)

Broken World, Joseph Lease (Coffee House Press)

Friday and the Year That Followed, Juan J. Morales (Fairweather Books)

Guests of Space, Anselm Hollo (Coffee House Press)

I Would Stay Forever If I Could, by Larry Levy (Mayapple Press)

In No One’s Land, Paige Ackerson Kiely (Ahsahta Press)

The Kitchen Sink: New & Selected Poems 1972-2007, Albert Goldbarth (Graywolf Press)

Letters from Aldenderry, Philip Nikolayev (Salt Publishing)

Living Will, David Hilton (Coffee House Press)

Ragged Point Road, by Joe Wilkins (Main Street Rag Publishing)

Ripple Effect: New & Selected Poems, Elaine Equi (Coffee House Press)

Skirt Full of Black, Sun Yung Shin (Coffee House Press)

Tom Thomson in Purgatory, Troy Jollimore (MARGIE/IntuiT House)

Vitreous, David Ray Vance (Del Sol Press)

 

January  3, 2007

 

Fiction

Bluebird, or the Invention of Happiness, Sheila Kohler (Other Press)

Dr. Identity, or Farewell to Plaquedemia, D. Harlan Wilson (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Meat Puppet Cabaret, Steve Beard (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

The Most Secret Window, Natalie Vanderbilt (Random River Press)

Passages: Timeless Voyages of the Spirit,  Carol S. Lawson and Robert F. Lawson, eds. (Chrysalis Books)

Swap, Sam Moffie (UEL Enterprises)

Text: UR, The New Book of Masks, Forrest Aguirre, eds. (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Wave of Catharsis, Lisa Martens (Wheatmark)

Poetry

Inkblot and Altar, Laura Van Prooyen (Pecan Grove Press)

A Moment in the Field: Voices from the Arthurian Legend, Margaret Lloyd (Plinth Books)

Playground of Flesh, Neil Carpathios (Main Street Rag)

The Troublesome Amputee, John Edward Lawson (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

 

Poetry Chapbooks

Dream Big, Work Harder, Rebecca Schumejda (Sunnyoutside)

Rumors of Electricity, Richard Krech (Sunnyoutside)

 

Non-Fiction

Aiming at Amazon, Aaron Shepard (Shepard Publications)

And Your Point Is?: Scorn and Meaning in Jeff Lint's Fiction, Steve Aylett, ed. (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth? Robet Schwartz (Whispering Winds Press)

Enriqueta Vasquez and the Chicano Movement: Writings from El Grito del Norte, Lorena Oropeza and Dionne Espinoza, eds. (Arte Publico)

Funky to Fabulous, Eli Davidson (Oak Grove Publishing)

 

Children's

Los Muchachos de la Calle Ruiz/The Ruiz Street Kids, Diane Gonzales Bertrand (Arte Publico Press)

 

December 19, 2006

Fiction

The American Dream, Mike Paleck (CWG Press)

Anacacho, Louise Gaylord (Cedar Vista)

The Armageddon Project, Tom Sancton (Other Press)

Attempts at a Life, Danielle Dutton (Tarpaulin Sky Press)

High 5ive: An Anthology of Fiction from Ten Years of Five Points, Megan Sexton, ed. (Carroll & Graf Publishers)

The Interloper, Antoine Wilson (Handsel Books)

Julia Fairchild, Louise Gaylord (Little Moose Press)

The Record Shows, Janet M. Pacella (iUniverse)

Showdown at Apache Gold, Gene Scott Freese (Llumina Press)

Theme Song for an Old Show, Jeffrey Lewis (Other Press)

A Tropical Place Like That: Stories of Mexico,  Baker H. Morrow (University of New Mexico Press)

Xs, Louise Gaylord (Cedar Vista)

 

Poetry

Donatello's Version, James Scully (Curbstone Press)

Fun Being Me, Jack Wiler (CavanKerry Press)

God Is in the Cracks, Robert Sward (Black Moss Press)

Hot Mud Poems, Alveraz Ricardez (Kill Poet Press)

In the Colorless Round, Joanna Howard (Noemi Press)

Incomplete Knowledge, Jeffrey Harrison (Four Way Books)

Kiss Me Cold, Donna Biffar (Cherry Pie Press)

On the Altar of Greece, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee (Gival Press)

One Hundred Steps from Shore, Jenifer Browne Lawrence  (Blue Begonia Press)

The Pictures, Max Winter (Tarpaulin Sky Press)

Radish King, Rebecca Loudon (Ravenna Press)

The Secret Language of Women (Blue Begonia Press)

Solute,  Daniel Padilla (Marick Press)

Torque, D.E. Steward (Kings Estate Press)

 

Poetry Chapbooks

Assemblage Without Technique, George Eklund (Iron Belly Chapbooks)

 

Non-Fiction

Alternative Publishers of Books in North America, Byron Anderson, compiler (Library Juice Press, LLC)

A Declaration of American Business Values, Robert L. Merz (Values of America Company)

Lynched by Corporate America, Herman Malone & Robert Schwab (HM-RS Publishing)

Riding with Miss Lindsey, Jim Alexander (Millennial Mind)

A SpineHolder's Manual, Neal Hurd (FineSpine Ltd.)

 

Children's

Ol' Middler Saves the Day, Timothy A. Weeks (Foolosophy Media)

 

 

November 29

Fiction

Everyone I Know Lives on Roads. Trevor Dodge. Chiasmus Press.

The Exquisite. Laird Hunt. Coffee House Press.

I, City. Pavel Brycz. Twisted Spoon Press.

Not Enough Indians. Harry Shearer. Justin, Charles & Company.

Poncia Vicencio. Conceicao Evaristo. Host Publications.

Rain Village. Carolyn Turgeon. Unbridled Books.

Poetry

Angle of Yaw. Ben Lerner. Copper Canyon Press.

The Architecture of Language. Quincy Troupe. Coffee House Press.

This Disease. Barry Silesky. University of Tampa Press.

Exiliana. Mariela Griffor. Luna Publications.

The Movie of Us. Kevin Jeffery Clarke. University of Tampa Press.

Other Fugitives and Other Strangers. Rigoberto Gonzalez. Tupelo Press.

The Pictures. Max Winter. Tarpaulin Sky Press.

Salt Memory. Jennifer K. Sweeney.

Stigmata Errata Etcetera. Bill Knott. Saturnalia Books.

The Wash. Adam Clay. Parlor Press.

Wayne's College of Beauty. David Swanger. BkMk Press.

Chapbooks

Tornadoes for the Weathergirl. Celeste Auge. The Invincible Poetry Pamphlet Press.

Non Fiction

Barbarians at the Gates of the Public Library: How Consumer Capitalism Threatens Democracy, Civil Education and the Public Good. Ed D'Angelo. Library Juice Press.

Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide to Creating Groups that Can Solve Problems and Change the World. Michael Jacoby Brown. Long Haul Press.

Las Soldaderas: Women of the Mexican Revolution. Elena Poniatowska. Cinco Puntos Press.

The Shadow of the Shadow. Paco Ignacio Taibo II. Cinco Puntos Press.

 

November 28

 

Fiction

Abandoned in the Maze. Michael Berg. Bedside Books.

The Record Shows. Janet M. Pacella. iUniverse.

The Snow Angel. Michael Graham. Schaffner Press.

Tartts: 2: Incisive Fiction from Emerging Writers. Edited by Joe Taylor. Swallow's Tale Press.

Yank on the Hill. Levent Gulari. Trafford Publishing.

Poetry

A Complex Bravery. Robert Lipton. Marick Press.

The Seed Thieves. Robert Fanning. Marick Press.

White Holes. James Hart III. Marick Press.

Non Fiction

Battling the Corporate Giants: Daniel L. Lowery. American Book Business Press.

Gay Art: A Historic Collection. Felix Lance Falkon with Thomas Waugh. Arsenal Pulp Press.

Guiding Parents: Reflections on Raising Children. Tom McNair. SP & A Press. 

Digital Photography for Busy Women. Laura Oles. Compass Trade Press.

Lead Well and Prosper. Nick McCormick. Be Good Publishing.

The Fine Print of Self-Publishing. Mark Levine. Bridgeway Books/Bascom Hill Publishing.

From the Book to Bestseller: An Insider's Guide to Publicizing and Marketing Your Book. Penny Sansevieri. Morgan James.

Hot Coffee and Cold Truth: Living and Writing in the West. Edited by W. C. Jameson. University of New Mexico Press.

Keep A-Goin': The Life of Lone Star Dietz. Tom Benjey. Tuxedo Press.

Voices of Hells Kitchen. John V. Amodeo. Book Surge.

What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7. Ben Schoen and others. Ulysses Press.

The Witness of Music: 80 Years of Pro Musica Detroit. Alexander Suczek. Marick Press.

 

October 25

Whales: Touching the Mystery. By Doug Thompson. NewSage Press.

Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese-American Internment Camps. By Mary Matsuda Gruenewald. NewSage Press.

Potent Enterprise: A Narrative of the Potential Enterprise Newsletter. By Leslie T. Lax. iUniverse.

 

October 15

The Instruction Manual for Receiving God. By Jason Shulman. Sounds True.

Dancing With Fear: Tips & wisdom from breast cancer survivors. By Leila peltosaari. Tikka Books.

Sacred Vow. By C.G. Walters. Dragon's Beard Publishing.

Tyrone's Betrayal. By Gloria L. Velasquez. Pinata Books/Arte Publico Press.

My Fater, the Angel of Death. By Ray Villareal. Pinata Books/Arte Publico Press.

Un dia con mis tias/A Day with My Aunts. By Anilu Bernardo. Pinata Books/Arte Publico Press.

Juan and the Chupacabras. By Por Xavier Garza. Pinata Books/Arte Publico Press.

Little Book on Big Ego. By Joel Epstein. Alnola Productions.

The King of Things/El rey de las cosas. By Artemio Rodriguez. Cinco Puntos Press.

The Dog Child. By Simon Black. Cinco Puntos Press.

Inner Strength Defies the Skeptic: A Psychological and Spiritual Guide from Fear to Freedom. By Duane Campbell. Immediex Publishing.

Roadside Religion: In Search of the Sacred, the Strange, and the Substance of Faith. By Timoth K. Beal. Beacon Press.

Baptists in North America. By William H. Brackney. Blackwell Publishing.

Nearer. By Arthur Saltzman. Parlor Press.

Marvin Monster's Teacher Jitters. By Tabatha Jean D'Agata. Moo Press.

Already Asleep. By A.D. Tarbox. Moo Press