In <i>The Mirrormaker</i>, songwriter and poet Brian Laidlaw melds myths ancient and contemporary among the raspberries, wolves, and taconite mines of Minnesota’s Iron Range.<br><br> A companion volume to Laidlaw’s 2015 project, <i>The Stuntman</i>, this collection fuses the stories of two fabled couples: the mythical Narcissus and Echo, and Bob Dylan and Echo Star Helstrom, subject of the song “Girl f ...
“Even present tense has some of the grace of past tense, / what with all the present tense left to go.” From Max Ritvo—selected and edited by Louise Gluck—comes a final collection of poems fully inscribed with the daring of his acrobatic mind and the force of his unrelenting spirit.<br><br> Diagnosed with terminal cancer at sixteen, Ritvo spent the next decade of his life writing with frenetic energy, culminating in the publi ...
2018 National Poetry Series selection Poems from the collection and author have been widely published, including in Poetry , the Washington Square Review , and PEN America We expect strong blurbs, reviews, and ordering from the poetry community as a result of the author’s network of supporters Book’s focus on trans bodies, queerness, and gender equity provides opportunities for wider coverage, crossover into larger markets, and promotion via ...
In the beginning, the world is spoken into existence with one word: “Earth.” There are no inhabitants, and no sun—only the broad sky, silent sea, and sovereign Framer and Shaper. Then come the twin heroes Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Wielding blowguns, they begin a journey to hell and back, ready to confront the folly of false deities as well as death itself, in service to the world and to humanity.<br><br> This is the story of the ...
We expect strong blurbs; author has reached out to Natalie Diaz, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Juan Felipe Herrera, Matthew Zapruder, and Beth Bachmann, and his previous work has been lauded by Tracy K. Smith, Brenda Shaughnessy, and Nick Flynn Author’s previous work has been reviewed by Salon, Esquire , Guernica, Library Journal , Denver Post , and Minneapolis Star Tribune Author has been widely published in BOMB Magazine , Best American Poetry ...
From James P. Lenfestey, a collection of poems that lends delicacy and gentle humor to durable, long-lasting love.<br><br> Writing love poems fifty years into a marriage is no easy task: «If he exaggerates his love, she'll know . . . And if his desire for her is undiminished, / who would believe?» But in <i>A Marriage Book</i>, Lenfestey meets his own challenge with aplomb. These poems drop readers into the r ...
Winner of the 2017 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, selected by Srikanth Reddy Project books are selling well in the poetry market, see the strong sales of Cold Pastoral or I Know Your Kind for examples Georg Trakl is considered one of Europe’s most important expressionists, this creative exploration of his and his sister’s lives will resonate across the world of poetry ...
From celebrated poet Eric Pankey, a collection exploring the presence of the divine in the seemingly ordinary.<br><br> The ancient Romans practiced augury, reading omens in bird's flight patterns. In the poems of <i>Augury</i>, revelation is found in nature's smallest details: a lizard's quick movements, a tree scarred by lighting, the white curve of a snail's shell. Here the sensory world and ...
The third collection from the 2014 Lindquist & Vennum Prize Winner (for You Must Remember This ) Since his debut, author’s profile has increased markedly, with poems from this collection featured in journals and magazines including the Boston Review, Pleiades, The Sun , and the Virginia Quarterly Review Along with publications, author’s network is also greatly enhanced, we expect stronger blurbs and more extensive review coverage for thi ...