New & Noteworthy Books
New Books from Independent &
University Presses
See full list of noteworthy books by category below
Posted on June 3, 2010
Beyond
Katrina
A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Nonfiction by Natasha Trethewey
Univ of Georgia Press, September 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3381-6
Paperback: 127pp; $22.95
A collection of essays, poems, and letters, chronicaling the effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast //
The Evolutionary Revolution
Fiction by Lily Hoang
Les Figues Press, June 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-934254-14-1
Paperback: 246pp; $15.00
A fabulist story of sense-making for the 21st century. A twining tale of freak shows and prophets, tract homes and impending doom.
From Old Notebooks
Poetry by Evan Lavender-Smith
BlazeVOX [books], 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-935402-85-5
Paperback: 178pp; $16.00
From SPD: a memoir, a novel, a poem, an essay--a self-styled "memoivel"--which exemplifies how love of language and literature enriches our lives, and explores, often with great humor...
A Geography of Secrets
Fiction by Frederick Reuss
Unbridled Books, September 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-60953-000-6
Hardcover: 288pp; $25.95
Reuss examines the unavoidably covert nature of lives that make their circles through the District of Columbia. //
The Haunted House
Poetry by Marisa Crawford
Switchback Books, April 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-9786172-5-7
Paperback: 80pp; $14.00
Selected by Denise Duhamel for the 2008 Gatewood Prize //
A Life On Paper
Fiction by Georges-Olivier Chateaureynaud
Small Beer Press, May 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-931520-62-1
Paperback: 240pp; $22.00
Winner of the Prix Renaudot and the Bourse Goncourt
Paraiso Portatil / Portable Paradise
Fiction by Mario Bencastro
Arte Publico Press, March 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-55885-516-8
Paperback: 240pp; $15.95
New bilingual collection shines a light on war, immigration, and poverty. //
Praying to the Black Cat
Poetry by Henry Israeli
Del Sol Press, May 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1934832-10-3
Paperback: 80; $14.95
Winner of the 2009 Del Sol Poetry Prize //
Rolling the Bones
Poetry by Christopher Buckley
Univ of Tampa Press, April 2010
ISBN-13: 978-159732-064-1
Paperback: 104pp; $12.00
Winner of the $2,000 Tampa Review Prize for Poetry //
Safe From the Sea
Fiction by Peter Geye
Unbridled Books, October 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-60953-008-2
Hardcover: 256pp; $28.95
In this debut novel set against the dramatic landscape of the Minnesota north shore, an estranged father and son attempt to reconcile 35 years after the father survived the tragic wreck of his Great Lakes ore boat.
Shahid Reads His Own Palm
Poetry by Reginald Dwayne Betts
Alice James Books, 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-882295-81-4
Paperback: 66pp; $15.95
Winner of the 2009 Beatrice Hawley Award
The World in a Minute
Poetry by Gary Lenhart
Hanging Loose Press, August 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-934909-12-6
Paperback: 58pp; $18.00
Lenhart's fourth collection of poetry. //
The Tiki King
Fiction by Stacy Tintocalis
Ohio Univ Press / Swallow Press, September 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-8040-1127-3
Paperback: 166pp; $18.95
These stories take us from a defunct women's shelter off a Missouri country road to the streets of low-income Hollywood, where her characters yearn for the love that is always just out of reach.
Translate Into English
Poetry by Don Cellini
Mayapple Press, 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0932412-911
Paperback: 63pp; $14.95
This new work is framed with grammatical instructions from a turn of the century Spanish lesson book. //
Under the Small Lights
Fiction by John Cotter
Miami Univ Press, May 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-4507-0091-7
Paperback: 189pp; $15.00
Experimental theater, the geography of Walden Pond, and the psychology of erotic thrillers converge in this lyrical, funny drama.
Wings Without Birds
Poetry by Brian Henry
Salt Publishing, May 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-84471-748-4
Paperback: 69pp; $15.95
Wings Without Birds reconfigures the quotidian, making the everyday a site for innovation and investigation.
Women Who Live in Coffee Shops
and Other Stories
Fiction by Stella Pope Duarte
Arte Publico Press, March 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-55885-600-4
Paperback: 186pp; $15.95
Winner of the University of California's Chicano/Latino Literary Prize
New & Noteworthy Books
Full list of new & noteworthy books received
June 3, 2010
Fiction
The Evolutionary Revolution, Lily Hoang, Les Figues Press
A Geography of Secrets, Frederick Reuss, Unbridled Books //
A Life On Paper, Georges-Olivier Chateaureynaud, Small Beer Press
The Name Partner, Carlos Cisneros, Arte Publico Press //
Paraiso Portatil / Portable Paradise, Mario Bencastro, Arte Publico Press //
Redemption in Indigo, Karen Lord, Small Beer Press //
Rendered Indivisible, Frank E. Dobson, Jr., Plain View Press //
Safe From the Sea, Peter Geye, Unbridled Books
Tears of the Mountain, John Addiego, Unbridled Books //
The Tiki King, Stacy Tintocalis, Ohio Univ Press / Swallow Press
Under the Small Lights, John Cotter, Miami Univ Press
When a Tree Falls, Beatriz Rivera, Arte Publico Press //
Women Who Live in Coffee Shops, Stella Pope Duarte, Arte Publico Press
Nonfiction
Beyond Katrina, Natasha Trethewey, Univ of Georgia Press //
The Driftless Land, Kevin Koch, Southeast Missouri State Univ //
Poetry
Almost Dark, Richard Terrill, Univ of Tampa Press //
Cyborgia, Susan Slaviero, Mayapple Press //
Falling Off the Bicycle Forever, Michael Rattee, Adastra Press
Fourth World, DM Gordon, Adastra Press //
From Old Notebooks, Evan Lavender-Smith, BlazeVOX [books]
Had Slaves, Catherine Sasanov, Firewheel Editions //
Harvesting All Night, Jane Hoogestraat, Finishing Line Press //
The Haunted House, Marisa Crawford, Switchback Books //
How to Catch a Falling Knife, Daniel Johnson, Alice James Books
Praying to the Black Cat, Henry Israeli, Del Sol Press //
Rolling the Bones, Christopher Buckley, Univ of Tampa Press //
Shahid Reads His Own Palm, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Alice James Books
She Ordered Ocean, Dora Malech, Waywiser Press //
The World in a Minute, Gary Lenhart, Hanging Loose Press //
Translate Into English, Don Cellini, Mayapple Press //
Wings Without Birds, Brian Henry, Salt Publishing
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