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Cati Porter Michigan)
Seven Floors Up
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 66 pp.
$14.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-676
Intimate, tender, at times funny and at others erotically charged, Porter's poems remind us that it is in the everyday entaglements that we find poetry.
Joy Gaines-Friedler (Michigan)
Like Vapor
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 64 pp.
$14.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-652
In these poems we are assured of humanity, our existence and our eventual extinction, with a grace and comfort that uplifts our spirits and encourages our own consideration of life.
Jane Piirto (Michigan/Ohio)
Saunas
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 100 pp.
$15.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-645
From the frozen landscapes of her Finnish forebears to the ice-clear rivers and cold fields of Michigan’s Upper Pennisula, Jane Piirto paints a personal and extraordinary picture. These deeply moving poems are like chants celebrating what sustains us, reminding us of the wonder and mystery in the everyday.
Tenea D. Johnson (Florida)
Starting Friction
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 38pp.
$12.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-621
Johnson's intricate language invites the reader to connect with the images, music, and tastes of a woman vulnerably exposed. Both urban and natural, Starting Friction resounds with a hope for a nation full of complexity and conflict.
Jayne Pupek (Virginia)
Forms of Intercession
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 102 pp.
$15.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-591
Ghostly and energetic, Jayne Pupek’s poems range in content through an ambivalent abortion, a lover’s abandonment, childhood abuse, a bad case of the flu, and her own longings. Each poem’s graceful and intense meditations connect to the reader’s own world.
Elizabeth Kerlikowske (Michigan)
Dominant Hand
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 64 pp.
$14.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-584
Dominant Hand is a world filled with the pantomime of love, the trickster coyote, and the conflict between widowed father and concerned grandparents. These poems are set in the seemingly ordinary places of life, but they are not ordinary; here Kerlikowske reveals profound truths that shock and amaze, and put smiles on our faces.
Marilyn Jurich (Massachusetts)
Defying the Eye Chart
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 120 pp.
$15.95 plus s&h
2008, ISBN 978-0932412-577
Defying the Eye Chart reaches beyond time to bring the mythic into our contemporary world. The poems in this collection focus on different ways of seeing, or not seeing, the fantastic in reality.
Patricia McNair (Michigan)
Taking Notice
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 48 pp.
$13.95 plus s&h
2007, ISBN 978-0932412-560
Patricia McNair’s poems combine an earthy honesty with consistent alertness to the beauty of everyday life, especially in family and nature. She explores the resonances of her life in a voice which is humorous, comfortably familiar and uncomfortably direct.
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Mariela Griffor (Michigan)
House
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 56 pp.
$14.95 plus s&h
2007, ISBN 978-0932412-539
House is a love affair between the poet and and Chile. While making real the struggles of war, becoming an expatriate and the alienation that accompanies the immersion in a new culture, Griffor also conveys the beauty and nostalgia she feels for her home country. She commands our attention, and we share her sadness, compassion, anger and hope. Influenced greatly by the American lyric tradition, Mariela’s poems play softly and skillfully; the smooth strum lingers in the readers ears.
Kathryn Kirkpatrick (North Carolina)
Out of the Garden
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 76 pp.
$14.95 plus s&h
2007, ISBN 0-932412-51-3 / ISBN+13 978-0932412-515
In a dark world of loss, betrayal and regret, Kathryn Kirkpatrick powerfully reveals experiences that we find recognizable yet surprising. These poems weave together the obsessions of a woman’s mind with the physical passion she experiences.
Finalist, 2007 SIBA (Southern Independent Booksellers Association) Book Award.
Nancy Botkin (Indiana)
Parts That Were Once Whole
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 72 pp.
$14.95 plus s&h
2007, ISBN 0-932412-49-1 / ISBN+13 978-0932412-492
Beautifully honest and heartbreaking, Parts That Were Once Whole boldly exposes the human psyche. Botkin examines questions of mortality, consciousness, and the concept of self. Memories start as solid events and become fragmented over time; Botkin takes those fragments and creates a luminous image of what was once whole.
Zilka
Joseph (Detroit)
Lands I Live In
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 42 pp.
$12.95 plus s&h
2007, ISBN 0-932412-47-5
In richly detailed, exuberant poems, Zilka Joseph embraces the vivid passions of her childhood home in Calcutta and the complex hopes and fears implicit in her move to the Midwest.
Johanny
Vázquez
Paz (Chicago)
Poemas Callejeros/Streetwise Poems
Poetry - bilingual. Paper, perfect bound,
74 pp.
$14.95 plus s&h
2007, ISBN 0-932412-46-7
These sensuous and passionate poems explore one of the many strands of contemporary Latino immigrant experience, dancing the tropical sensibility of Puerto Rico among Chicago's concrete and broken glass. In Spanish and English, with translations by the author.
Christine
Hamm (New York)
The Transparent Dinner
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 90 pp
$15.95 plus s&h
2006, ISBN 0-932412-44-0
Christine Hamm’s poetry brings the reader into a fairy tale world of dark and dangerous secrets, where a mother is a pile of sticks, a husband can be wished into a cat and a movie can be made from adolescent sexual experiences. Within the imaginative world of The Transparent Dinner, Hamm reveals truths about a woman’s intimacies and relationships.
Kathleen
Tyler (Los Angeles)
The Secret Box
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 74 pp
$14.95 plus s&h
2006, ISBN 0-932412-43-2
Dark yet beautiful, The Secret Box unveils the mysterious and dangerous world in which we live. Tyler’s craft is provocative, sharp and graceful; she courageously explores images of erotic and passionate love, a destroyed marriage, childhood abuse and family death. Cecilia Woloch compares this book to the “flickering intensity of film noir.” The Secret Box dares you to open it, then leaves you in awe of its enduring truths.
Rachel Eshed (Israel)
Little Promises
Poetry. Bilingual edition (Hebrew/English) transl. David Cooper
Paper, perfect bound, 104 pp
$16.00 plus s&h
2006, ISBN 0-932412-42-4
In its Hebrew original, this collection of intense erotic poetry won the 1992 AKUM prize in Israel. Novelist Tsipi Keller says, "It is hard to speak of Rachel Eshed’s poetry without mentioning 'fire' – her poems virtually burn on the page, and David Cooper’s renditions not only do justice to the original but magnify its richness."
Angela Williams (Northern 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.
Lynn
Pattison (Michigan)
Light That Sounds Like Breaking
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 102 pp
$16.00 plus s&h
2006, ISBN 0-932412-40-8
In these richly sensuous poems, Lynn Pattison explores the natural world, body politics, the life and work of Marc Chagall, Asian cultural influences filtered through an American sensibility and more, within an overall sequence loosely structured as a journey. The book’s stunning imagery and musicality lead us into a world both artistically beautiful and emotionally resonant.
.Lorraine Schein (New York)
The Futurist's Mistress
Poetry. Paper, perfect bound, 44 pp
$13.00 plus s&h
2006, ISBN 0-932412-39-4
Enid Dame says, "Playful, anarchic, often hilariously funny glimpses of the world we know from a skewed, sophisticated angle."
Rhoda
Stamell (Michigan)
Detroit Stories
Short Fiction. Paper, perfect bound, 102
pp
$18.50 plus s&h
2006, ISBN 0-932412-38-6
Mayapple Press's first fiction publication. As Charles Baxter says, "All the grit, humor, intelligence and darkness of Detroit" can be found in this collection of stories about people struggling to love and be loved.
Diane Shipley DeCillis and Mary Jo Firth Gillett, eds. (Detroit)
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.
Margo
Solod (Virginia)
Some
Very Soft Days
Poetry. Paper,
perfect bound, 84 pp
$15.50
plus s&h
2005,
ISBN 0-932412-32-7
A major collection of poems by Margo Solod. These honest, luminous and well-made poems deal with landscapes both geographical and emotional. They combine an open heart with powerful poetic craft.
Susan
Azar Porterfield (Illinois)
In
the Garden of Our Spines
Poetry. Paper,
perfect bound, 54 pp
$12.50
plus s&h
2004,
ISBN 0-932412-30-0
With an intensity of vision sometimes touching on the mystical, Susan Portfield crafts poems rich with strong imagery and compelling music.
Betsy
Johnson (Illinois)
What
a Mouth Will Do
Poetry. Paper,
saddle-stitched, 36 pp
$8.50 plus
s&h
2004, ISBN
0-932412-29-7
Betsy Johnson’s poems speak about being on the edge, about being on the border of loving and not-loving, of faith and no-faith, of acceptance and resistance.
Adrienne
Lewis (Michigan)
Coming
Clean
Poetry. Paper,
perfect bound, 30 pp
$8 plus s&h
2003, ISBN 0-932412-21-1
The poem as a form of prayer is one of poetry's earliest traditions. In the lyric poems of this strong first book, Adrienne Lewis explores the nexus of faith and sexuality as experienced in the dilemmas of marriage and family life.
Recipe for Disaster
Poetry.
Paper,
perfect bound, 66 pp
$12 plus s&h
2003, ISBN 0-932412-19-X
A collection of tough, extremely funny poems by a woman whose imagination never runs dry. Quirky, edgy, sometimes poignant and sometimes uproarious.
Glimmer Girls
Poetry. Paper, saddlestitched, 40
pp.
$8 plus s&h
1999, ISBN 0-932412-16-5
Poems that evoke the author's blue-collar, rock 'n' roll young womanhood. Sharp, gritty, honest and well-crafted. ]
Territories, Here & Elsewhere
Poetry. Paper, saddlestitched, 28 pp
$6 plus s&h
1996, ISBN-0-932412-10-6
“This poetry full of living detail, and within the detail is an ongoing motif of adventure, risk and survival. McCombs is a pleasure for me to read.” --Alicia Ostriker
Occupied Territory
Paper,
perfect bound, 80 pp
$10 plus s&h
1994, ISBN 0-932412-06-8
“These intense, visceral poems cover the territory occupied by fear, pain, memory, loss and desire. The ultimate paradigm is that of the self--dual embodiment of victim and aggressor. Wexler's clear, steady voice convinces us that everything is both personal and political." -- Jane Flanders
Evelyn Wexler (New York)
The Geisha House
$5.50 plus s&h
1992, ISBN 0-932412-05-X
These visionary erotic poems imagine the world of the geisha house with a female client and both male and female geishas.
Letters to My Daughters
Poetry. Paper, saddlestitched, 24 pp
$5 plus s&h
1981, ISBN 0-932412-04-3
This collection of poems by a leading Michigan poet explores, through the daily life of women, the relationship between a poet/mother and her two daughters.
As If Anything Could Grow Back Perfect Poetry. Paper, saddlestitched, 16 pp
$5 plus s&h
1979, ISBN 0-932412-02-5
A collection of short lyrics with a contemporary flavor and imagery centered on popular music. Published in cooperation with Earth's Daughters magazine.
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