New & Noteworthy Books
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Posted on March 17, 2009
Stompin'
at the Grand Terrace
a jazz memoir in verse
Poetry by Philip S. Bryant
Blueroad Press, May 2009
ISBN-10: 0979650917
ISBN-13: 978-0979650918
Paperback: 128pp; $18.95
From back cover: A brilliantly conceived memoir in verse, Stompin' at The Grand Terrace arcs, spins, dances and whirls across 'an infinite universe' of music that helped define a country, an era and the author's life. Bryant beautifully captures the past in imagery taut, colorful and enduring, while describing the sound, motion and power of music as it mixes with memory. //
The
Odyssey
Ed. Andrea Lawlor
Pocket Myths, 2006
Paperback: 128pp; $20.00
From website: The Odyssey is 4th in the POCKET MYTHS series and is a collaboration between Andrea Lawlor and filmmaker Bernadine Mellis. It comprises a zine complete with stories, poetry, and art, and an accompanying film on DVD. The film consists of 24 continuous shorts by 24 groups of filmmakers telling the complete story of The Odyssey, Homer’s epic in 24 chapters.
Unnecessary
Talking
The Montesano Stories
Memoir by Mike O'Connor
Pleasure Boat Studio, January 2009
ISBN-10: 1929355416
ISBN-13: 978-1929355419
Paperback: 175pp; $16.00
From back cover: In this warm and humorous memoir, the boy you meet is irrepressible, devilish, curious, rambunctious, imaginative, sports-minded, friendly, naive, and absolutely joyful - definitely the kind of boy who would get in trouble from his teacher for "unnecessary talking." Mike O'Connor's stories remind a reader of what it was like to grow up in small-town 1950s America. //
The
Mysterious Life of the Heart
Writing from The Sun about
Passion, Longing, and Love
Ed. Sy Safransky, Tim McKee, Andrew Snee
The Sun, 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0917320040
Paperback: 351pp; $19.95
From back cover: In fifty personal essays, short stories, and poems, The Sun's writers explore the enigma of love with unremitting candor, taking us on a journey through heartbreak and ecstasy, anger and forgiveness, fleeting crushes and lasting relationships. The result is vibrant, messy, mysterious, and enduring. //
Mosquito
Novel by Roma Tearne
Europa Editions, July 2008
ISBN-10: 1933372575
ISBN-13: 978-1933372570
Paperback: 304pp; $16.95
Set adrift by the recent death of his wife, Theo Samarajeeva abandons his comfortable writer's life in London and returns to Sri Lanka, his homeland. As he embraces life in this beautiful land, he fins himself slipping into friendship with an artistic young woman, Nulani - a friendship which blossoms into love. Under the threat of a terrorist insurgency, their affair offers a glimmer of hope in a country on the brink of destruction.
New & Noteworthy Books
Full list of new & noteworthy books received.
March 17, 2009
Poetry
Adamah, Celine Zins (Gival Press) //
Allegheny, Monogahela, Erinn Batykefer (Red Hen Press) //
American Fractal, Timothy Green (Red Hen Press) //
And How to End It, Brian Clements (Quale Press) //
Another Word for Sky, Jay Michaelson (Lethe Press) //
By Cold Water, Chris Dombrowski (Wayne State University Press) //
Fort Dad, Stephen Paul Miller (Marsh Hawk Press) //
From Dame Quickly, Jennifer Scappettone (Litmus Press) //
Giving It Away, David Memmott (Wordcraft of Oregon) //
Honey, Richard Carr (Gival Press) //
If the World Becomes so Bright, Keith Taylor (Wayne State University Press) //
In Ways Impossible to Fold, Michael Rerick (Marsh Hawk Press) //
Light Light or the Curvature of the Earth, Harriet Zinnes (Marsh Hawk Press) //
Mom’s Canoe, Rebecca Foust (Texas Review Press) //
Quantum Jitters, Patricia Carlin (Marsh Hawk Press) //
Stompin’ at the Grand Terrace, Philip S. Bryant (Blueroad Press) //
Fiction
Captive Audience, Dave Reidy (Ig Publishing) //
Conscience Point, Erica Abeel (Unbridled Books) //
Mosquito, Roma Tearne (Europa Editions)
The National Virginity Pledge, Barry Graham (Another Sky Press)
World Takes, Timmy Waldron (Word Riot Press) //
Anthologies
The Mysterious Life of the Heart, Ed. Sy Safransky, Tim McKee, Andrew Snee (The Sun) //
Poetic Voices Without Borders 2, Ed. Robert L. Giron (Gival Press) //
Nonfiction
Oranges & Peanuts for Sale, Eliot Weinberger (New Directions) //
Unnecessary Talking: The Montesano Stories, Mike O’Connor (Pleasure Boat Studio) //
Words Overflown by Stars, Ed. David Jauss (Writer’s Digest Books)
Zines
The Odyssey, Andrea Lawlor (Pocket Myths)
Orpheus, Ed. Andrea Lawlor (Pocket Myths)
Persephone, Ed. Andrea Lawlor (Pocket Myths)
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