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THE ICE HOUSE by Floyce Alexander (Audio Clip)
Floyce Alexander meditates on the past, loss, and death: of firemen, friends, and the Zeitgeist of the times when Creeley, Olson, Kerouac and Kesey roamed the earth, who, like 'La Llorona's ravens, "launch/ their feathery bodies.../ & the day sees them/ come to life & opens both eyes." —Dorianne Laux
ON MARRIAGE by Todd Boss and Katrina Vandenberg
A ten poem collaboration by two poets that are married (though not to each other). 2008 letterpress printed chapbook. 225 copies. $15.
GHOST AND OAR by Marianne Boruch
Twelve poem sequence written at Isle Royale. 2007 letterpress edition. $15.
WHAT IS BURIED HERE by Lyle Daggett
This book of poems has as its physical ballast the northern Minnesota iron ore harbor town of Duluth. While still threaded with Daggett's political concerns and voice, the poems explore much new personal ground.
COMMEMORATIVE by Louise Erdrich
Letterpress printed chapbook. Four poems. Edition is limited to 225 numbered copies. Each copy has a unique postage stamp on its cover. Sold out.
THE LIONTAMER'S DAUGHTER by Dave Etter
Subtitled 'Poems of Humor and Satire' this 2008 collection of poems spans the career of Dave Etter. Introduction by David Steingass. $12.
HEAVEN WITHOUT A PASSPORT by Fereydoun Faryad
The most important characteristic of these poems is their simplicity, precision, purity, without any superfluous trinkets, without decorative elements and facile lyrical tones... A truly admirable poetry. —Yannis Ritsos, from Prologue
LEAST RESISTANCE by Larry Gavin (Audio Clip)
Larry Gavin is a Heartland poet, close to his family and fate. Like a prairie wind his words approach. . . . Have no reservations: you'll like these poems. Tom Helgeson, editor/publisher of Midwest Fly Fishing magazine
THE TWENTY-FIFTH CATALOG OF PAST RENTALS by Sid Gershgoren
A 400 page fictional catalog & inexhaustible showcase of this poet's imaginative prose style.
THE MAILBOX by Albert Goldbarth
A single poem in three parts by Albert Goldbarth. 2007 letterpress printed chapbook. 225 copies numbered and signed by author. $10.
THE KISS THAT SAVED MY LIFE by Patrick Hicks
Seven Poems from Northern Ireland. 2007 letterpress printed chapbook. 250 copies numbered and signed by author. $10.
A WALK BY THE RIVER by Dale Jacobson (Audio Clip)
"I've come to conclude that Dale Jacobson's A Walk by the River is a masterwork....a book all manner of people should read." Larry Woiwode, poet laureate of North Dakota
RARE MOMENTUM by Athena Kildegaard
A collection of Fibonacci poems.
SUPERMAN: THE CHAPBOOK by Dorianne Laux
You've read the comics, seen the movies, bought the action figures, dressed up in a cape and jumped from the couch, now get the chapbook! 2008 letterpress edition. 350 copies. $15.
NUNCA MAS by Barry Lopez
This essay by Barry Lopez is concerned with genocide. A diary of days, centered around his visit to Auschwitz. 2007 letterpress edition. 350 copies (first 90 copies signed by author and artist). $15.
PULLING WIRE by Barry Lopez
Short story by Barry Lopez. Letterpress edition. 240 copies. $20.
MY ONLY HOME by Freya Manfred
“Freya Manfred always startles me by how close she gets to everything she sees. That's her tough luck, but it makes her a wonderful poet.” Philip Roth
SWIMMING WITH A HUNDRED YEAR OLD SNAPPING TURTLE by Freya Manfred (Audio clip)
"This is the best book of poems Freya Manfred has written. She has always been brave, but these poems are more feisty and touching."--Robert Bly. 2008 trade paper edition. $12.
ROCK DOVE by Pamela McClure
"Pamela McClure assures us there are more skies than one sky, and each is aglow with its own species of sunlight. Time and again, the poems in Rock Dove rush the horizons of this world into gracious yet undeniable splendors. McClure's is a pure eye for a pure land." --Donald Revell. 2008 trade paper edition. $12.
THE FOUNTAIN by W. S. Merwin
Prose poem romance by W. S. Merwin. 2005 signed and numbered fine press edition limited to 125 copies. $110.
GRASS ELEGY by John Minczeski
Single poem sequence--nine pages. 2007 letterpress edition. 130 copies. $10.
A SORT OF HONEY by Joe Paddock
"Joe Paddock's poetry has always been rich with the accumulated wisdom that comes from knowing one's place, and this wonderful new book is a gift to us all." Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the United States, 2004-2006
TRUST THE WILD HEART by Nancy Paddock
This full length collection of poems covers a lot of territory, from the book's opening section 'Military Presence' through 'Cheap Meat' and the poem 'Ruby's All Natural Snapper Recipe' to 'Following Deer Trails' and the "holy dark" of the final section.
LINES WRITTEN NEAR MARGUERITE STREET by Roger Parish
Poem in five sections by one of this country's least known neo-surrealists. 2006 letterpress printed edition limited to 130 copies. $10.
THE WAVERING SCALES by Yannis Ritsos
Long poem in nine title sections by Modern Greek poet Yannis Ritsos. Introduction by Peter Bien. Translated by Martin McKinsey and Scott King. 2006 deluxe letterpress edition. $55.
VELOCITIES OF THE POSSIBLE by Gonzalo Rojas
Twelve poems by Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas. Translated and introduced by John Oliver Simon. 2000 bi-lingual letterpress edition. $20.
HIVE DANCER by Edith Rylander
Edith Rylander has been writing poetry for sixty-three years. Her life as wife, mother, gardener, stock raiser, woods dweller, and thoughtful observer of nature and life is reflected in these poems. 2007 trade paper edition. $12.
WAKING BEFORE DAWN by Thomas R. Smith
In WAKING BEFORE DAWN, Thomas R. Smith confronts the challenge and responsibility of moral awareness in some of the best and most varied poems he has written. This is his fifth collection of poetry. Poems from this book are being featured on Garrison Keilor's Writer's Almanac and Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry.
WAKING BEFORE DAWN by Thomas R. Smith
Limited edition hardcover. 36 copies bound into boards,numbered and signed by author. $24.
WINTER HOURS by Thomas R. Smith
A seasonal cycle of short eight line poems. 2006 trade paper edition. $10.
FISHING FOR DYNAMITE by David Steingass
"To me, this book of poems is a sacred text of sorts, a kind of midwestern psalter filled with odd parables and a whole assortment of cock-eyed insights. And, fortunately for us, it also contains a great deal of humor, something so many sacred books tend to exclude." from the introduction by Scott King
GREATPLAINS: A PRAIRIE LOVESONG by David Steingass
This long poem was the 2002 winner of the Wisconsin book award for poetry.
A BUMPY RIDE TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE by Dag T. Straumsvåg
Prose poems by Dag T. Straumsvåg translated from Norwegian by Louis Jenkins and Robert Hedin. The edition is bi-lingual.
FOURTEEN SONNETS by Joyce Sutphen
Fourteen sonnets and an introduction by Joyce Sutphen. 2005 letterpress edition. $20.
THE REINDEER CAMPS by Barton Sutter
Letterpress chapbook of a long poem in fourteen sections celebrating the reindeer people of northern Siberia.
BEDFORD POETS
2007 anthology of poetry workshop. Poets included: Eric Austin, Dan Bachhuber, Jane Graham George, Diane Jarvenpa, Scott King, John Krumberger, Roger Parish, Maureen Skelly, Thomas R. Smith, and Jere Truer.
Blank Cards --- Henry David Thoreau
Six blank cards and envelopes.
WHERE THE WATER FALLS by Scott King
Verna Press. Seven alliterative poems. 2007 letterpress chapbook printed by Peter Anderson in New Orleans. 100 copies. $15.
LEFTOVER ORDINARY by Scott King
In the centerpiece of this haunting collection, a very old man ruminates on his early days as a homesteader and the old ways that are being lost. This man, nearly mythical, who knows earth intimately, is present unnamed in all the poems of Leftover Ordinary, poems which are anything but “ordinary.” Like the poems of Jean Follain, each one stands at some intersection of history and geography, from which mystery can be glimsped in several directions at once. —Thomas R. Smith, author of Horse of Earth and The Dark Indigo Current