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Over the 25 years of BBP's publishing history, we have tried to share with readers the work of the most exciting writers and artists we could find. Without consideration of how well their books or art might or might not sell. Here are a few recent examples of this continuing search: some of these books are already in print, and some are in production or in our publication plans.
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"Poetry is simply literature reduced to the essence of its active principle. It is purged of idols of every kind, of realistic illusions, of any conceivable equivocation between the language of 'truth' and the language of 'creation.'" -- Paul Valery
"Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness..."--Willa Sibert Cather
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WOODSTOVES & RAVENS by Robert E. Farmer
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This book offers readers an opportunity to take a wild-land sojourn with woodstoves and ravens in the boreal forest on the Canadian north shore of Lake Superior, near Thunder Bay. The author, a forest-ecologist, distills two decades of back-country living into tight, lyrical poems--on wildness, the seasonal darkness of the mind, relationships with plants, animals and, occasionally, people. Strongly grounded in Tang Dynasty poetry and Buddhist philosophy, his work moves beyond mere description to focus on the irony and agony of self-awareness. These poems reflect the author's deep fondness for northern wild lands and life in remote regions. Complemented by seven original artworks by Alanna Marohnic, a resident of Ontario. "Farmer's meditative poetry on some twenty years of life on a homestead near Ferguson Creek is like an extended visit with the best of tour guides--one who knows when to tell you about some feature or other you might have missed; and one who knows when to shut up and let you simply take it all in...."--Peter Fergus-Moore, THUNDER BAY CHRONICLE-JOURNAL Letterpress softcover: $16. (U.S.) $20. (Canada) 88 pages. ISBN: 978-0-9789974-0-3. Shipping/packing: $3.50 (U.S.) $5.00 (Canada).
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WHERE THINGS ARE WHEN YOU LOSE THEM by Martin Golan
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This tightly written collection of twelve short stories by a veteran journalist confronts contemporary issues in relationships, and the nature of loss, with the keen eye of a reporter, a poet's ear for language, and the insights of one who has "been there." As Golan leads us through a landscape of loss, he doesn't merely illuminate these moments but seems to celebrate them: "Loss," he says, "comes with being human, with any life lived fully and well." Stories include these intriuging titles: "The Shape of Water," "The Loneliness of Men," "Intimacy," "The Cicadas are throbbing," "Nora, Standing Naked," "The Perfect Woman." Due to be published in a trade paperback edition in winter, 2007/2008.
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IN THE GARDEN OF DETRITUS by Stanley Nelson
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A new handset, handbound letterpress-printed chapbook from the author of 15 previous books of poetry, including the brilliant four-volume epic poem, IMMIGRANT, also published by Birch Brook Press. Through staggered lines and rhythms and internal rhymes In the Garden of Detritus wanders through the nature of and relationship between dreams and memory, unveiling "vapors" of reality in a garden of statues and artificers. Original cover wood engraving by Frank C. Eckmair. $12. plus $3.50 shipping/packing.
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WIND & WATER by Osmond Beckwith
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An engaging collection of poetry which invokes classical allusions while immersing itself in the land the poet loves, echoing early days in Michigan growing up on a farm, or listening to the wind soughing the pines through a screen door in Maine, or even as he absords the tableau of Manhattan's streets. But no matter where the poet observes human and natural life, his ambition remains the same: to become one with the wind, to remember the rain. Original wood engraving by Michael McCurdy. $15. + $3.50 shipping/packing. 56 pages. ISBN: 978-7-913559-92-4
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THE ALCHEMY OF WORDS by Edward Francisco
In this exquisite collection of poetry, the poet-alchemist casts his keen eye and ear
over a broad palette of human experience -- from literature to religion, philosophy to
education in search of the precise words to transmute everyday life into the golden
language of understanding and compassion. 56 pages. Printed from 12 pt. metal
Goudy Lite type on antique presses with Mohawk Vellum. Letterpress softcover
edition: $13. ISBN: 978-0-9789974-1-0.
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THE SEA-CROSSING OF ST. BRENDAN by Matthew Brennan
A classic of Irish literature: a sparkling new verse version of this great sea adventure:
"Amid whitecaps and waves/starlight was winking/and when the moon anchored/
like a kite in the sky/I'd nap on my back,/nervously bracing/for wind and for rain/
to wrack the night..." The tale centers around St. Brendan the Navigator's seven-
year search for the isle known as the "Land of Saints," and in the course of which
a giant fish lifts his ship on its back. To be published in summer of 2008 in a
letterpress edition.
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THE BELLS OF MOSES HENRY by Peter Skinner
By the author of the widely admired novel, White Buffalo (published earlier by
Birch Brook Press), Skinner's latest novel is rich with insight and humor and is
peopled by a lively cast of characters whom he follows from whore houses to
railroad boxcars to the homes of plain southern folk as they search for security,
redemption, and love. Due to be published in quality hardcover and trade
paperback editions late in 2008.
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