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Posted on December 9, 2011

The Cyclist Conspiracy

Fiction by Svetislav Basara

Translated from the Serbian by Randall A. Major

Open Letter, March 2012

ISBN-13: 978-1-934824-58-0

Paperback: 280pp; $15.95

The Cyclist Conspiracy tells the tale of a secret Brotherhood who meet in dreams, gain esoteric knowledge from contemplation of the bicycle, and seek to move in and out of history, manipulating events. Told through a series of “historical documents”—memoirs, illustrations, letters, philosophical treatises, blue prints, and maps—the novel details the story of these interventions and the historical moments where the Brotherhood has made their influence felt, from the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand to a lost story of Sherlock Holmes.

Disclosure

Cross-Genre by Dana Teen Lomax

Black Radish Books, November 2011

ISBN-13: 978-0982573174

Paperback: 81pp; $15.00

Disclosure is a book comprised entirely of documents from poet Dana Teen Lomax's life—from the mundane (parking tickets, receipts) to the personal (doctor's diagnoses, W2 forms, Google image results for the author). In today's world of social networking and constant connectedness, Lomax broaches questions of identity, relationship, and transparency.

Drive-By Vigils

Poetry by R. Zamora Linmark

Hanging Loose Press, January 2012

ISBN-13: 978-1934909232

Paperback: 80pp; $18.00

R. Zamora Linmark has written two poetry collections, Prime Time Apparitions and The Evolution of a Sigh, and two novels, the best-selling Rolling The R’s, which he’s adapted for the stage, and the just-published Leche.

He Took a Cab

Poetry by Mather Schneider

NYQ Books, September 2011

ISBN-13: 978-1935520214

Paperback: 116pp; $14.95

Mather Schneider's second full-length collection of poems takes the reader on an unforgettable ride of a lifetime. With each poem, Schneider propels the reader into a mindset of having just hailed a cab in a David Lynch movie.

June Fourth Elegies

Poetry by Liu Xiaobo

Translated from the Chinese by Jeffrey Yang

Graywolf Press, April 2012

ISBN-13: 978-1-55597-610-1

Hardcover: 292pp; $26.00

When Liu Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, his chair at the ceremony was empty, as he was jailed in 2009 in China and is currently serving an eleven-year sentence. This, his first book of poetry, is a tribute to the Tiananmen Square protests of June 4, 1989.

The Louisiana Purchase

Poetry by Jim Goar

Rose Metal Press, November 2011

ISBN-13: 978-0-9846166-3-3

Paperback: 96pp; $15.95

The linked poems in The Louisiana Purchase carry the reader past Ozzie Smith and Thomas Jefferson into a world where the moon is an outlaw, a weeping elephant flees from the authorities, the Pinkertons upset the sky, effigies of Phil Niekro are burned, and a society made of words collapses.

Nod House

Poetry by Nathaniel Mackey

New Directions Books, November 2011

ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1946-4

Paperback: 148pp; $15.95

The fifth collection of poetry from Nathaniel Mackey, winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Poetry for Splay Anthem.

Oz at Night

Poetry by Amanda J. Bradley

NYQ Books, October 2011

ISBN-13: 978-1935520450

Paperback: 80pp; $14.95

Amanda J. Bradley is also the author of Hints and Allegations (2009), also from NYQ Books. She has published poetry in many journals, including The Best American Poetry Blog, Paddlefish, Lips, Rattle, The New York Quarterly, Poetry Bay, and Barefoot Muse. A recent graduate of the MFA program at The New School, she holds a PhD in English and American Literature from Washington University in St. Louis.

Small Hours

Poetry by Yu Yan Chen

NYQ Books, October 2011

ISBN-13: 978-1935520429

Paperback: 84pp; $14.95

Yu Yan Chen's debut collection takes us on a wandering across continents. Whether it is a courtyard in rural China, a ferry in Istanbul, or Times Square in New York, each poem is imbued with refreshing insights about family, home, identity and the quest for inner strength. Born in a fishing village in China, the author grew up in New York City and now lives in Brooklyn. She is an interpreter and literary translator, and her poems have been published in the US, UK and China.

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