Literary Nonfiction. Jewish Studies. Memoir. In an "interrupted" memoir of growing up in an immigrant Jewish family in Appleton, Wisconsin, through the Forties and Fifties, the late Sarah Blacher Cohe
Poetry. "Any morning traffic takes the air into consecutive arrangements, trying treble clef, viola clef, breath drums, quiet in the polished dark. Watch each bottlebrush along the walk. The word for
Fiction. Southeast Asia Studies. Melanie Steyn's new novella, ONCE AROUND THE SUN, marks a rare and insightful attempt by a foreign writer to recreate characters and lives in Korea's most intimate soc
Poetry, Mystery, Humor. THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY, by Charles Aradai brings new meaning to "poetic justice" in his latest foray into crime writing. For crippled octogenarian Perseus Algernon, his binoc
Poetry. "There are six poems in this book by a poet who claims his ambition is to write but a dozen poems in his life. Clearly, the lessons of that California workshop did not take and Iino's
Poetry. Newly available from SPD, STARTING OUT FOR THE DIFFICULT WORLD (Harper & Row, 1987) was Cornell professor Robert Dana's fourth collection of poetry. He is a writer of strong, rich expe
Literary Nonfiction. DARKMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN is a lyric essay about metaphors, the self, family, death, language, and art. It speaks to the unspoken, speaks what we think but are too afraid to say alo
Poetry. Winner of the 2002 Bright Hill Press Poetry Chapbook Competition. "Now, from Johnston County, North Carolina, comes Possum, incarnate as the fittest, a perfect icon of human (and godl
Poetry. "Dear Dad, is a pocket-sized chapbook by Bill Luoma, who lives in Honolulu and is the author of three previous books: Works & Days, Swoon Rocket, and Western Love. Dear Dad is a diarylike
Poetry. These elliptical pieces flirt with the sonnet form with a varied diction and generous use of actual ellipses. Tim Atkins was born in London in 1962. Previous books include Folklore (Heart Hamm
Poetry. "There is a pacific, morning coolness about Kit Robinson's 'ICE CUBES.' These poems seem, in their reserved, slightly removed chilliness, to forecast the heat of day, and the fuller poems such
