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Angela Williams - Michigan
With a Cherry on Top: Stories, Poems, Recipes & Fun Facts from Michigan Cherry Country

Nonfiction with poetry, fiction, photographs.
Paper, perfect bound, 130 pp

$17.95 plus s&h
2006, ISBN 0-932412-41-6

Cherries are to Northern Michigan what oranges are to Florida! In this highly personal view of Michigan's cherry industry, Angela Williams cooks up a delightful confection of reminiscences, poems, recipes, facts and photos. The book features poetry, memoirs and fiction by Michigan writers Anne-Marie Oomen, Norm Wheeler, Conrad Hilberry, Jackie Bartley, Linda Nemec Foster, Gerry LaFemina, David Sosnowski, Mary Ann Samyn and others.

2006 Pushcart Prize nominee

Douglas M.Smith, Melody Vassoff and Karen Woollams, eds. - Michigan
In Drought Time: Scenes from Rural and Small Town Life

Poetry/art anthology. Paper, perfect bound, 114 pp
$24.95 plus s&h
2005, ISBN 0-932412-37-8 
One of our Best Sellers!

Poems and artwork concerned with rural and small town life in Michigan. Our first publication with interior color artwork.

Diane Shipley DeCillis and Mary Jo Firth Gillett, eds. - Michigan
Mona Poetica: A Poetry Anthology

Poetry anthology. Paper, perfect bound, 114 pp
$16.50 plus s&h
2005, ISBN 0-932412-36-X

The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the history of art. It continues to inspire reproduction, parody and countless theories. We see facsimiles of it everywhere: on buildings and mugs, on computer ads, in cartoons. In honor of her 500th birthday, 2003-2006, Mona Poetica celebrates not only the painting but also inspiration and creativity. This rich and varied anthology includes work by: Stephen Dunn, Grace Bauer, William Blake, Edward Hirsch, Natasha Saje and many others.

Judith Kerman (Michigan) and Don Riggs (Philadelphia), eds.
Uncommonplaces: Poems of the Fantastic
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 148 pp 
$15 plus
s&h
2000, ISBN 0-932412-17-3

A first-rate anthology of poems that grow from science fiction and fantasy sensibilities. Featuring poems by leading s.f. and fantasy authors, including Brian Aldiss, Joe Haldeman, Jeanne Larsen, David Lunde, Patrick O'Leary, Rick Wilber, & Jane Yolen.


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