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OTHER BOOKS

by Karren LaLonde Alenier

  • THE DANCER'S MUSE

These poems attend to the celebration of the primitive and inexplicable forces that compel people to move, to seek life, to be.  A book with printed cards from Ommation Press.

ISBN 0-915380-12-9 Paper:  $8

  • GERTRUDE STEIN INVENTS A JUMP EARLY ON [Libretto]

An experimental libretto in three acts. Follow the writer Gertrude Stein as she establishes her voice, faces all critics including her beloved brother Leo, realizes few people who know her name care about her serious work, and then finds her equilibrium as WWII rages around her.

Stapled chapbook Paper:  $10

  • LOOKING FOR DIVINE TRANSPORTATION

The search for those angels who are wheels transports the reader through a landscape of eccentric family members, the world of Gertrude Stein and Paul Bowles, and Alenier's own brand of Eden. Linda Pastan says of this book, "...a rich, simmering stew made up of family, far places, and literary legends." Winner of the 2002 Towson University Prize for Literature. Cover design by Janice Olson. The Bunny and the Crocodile Press.

ISBN 0-938572-24-5 ISBN13 978-0938572-24-4 Paper:  $15

  • LOOKING FOR DIVINE TRANSPORTATION & GERTRUDE STEIN INVENTS A JUMP EARLY ON

Purchase both the poetry collection Looking For Divine Transportation (containing the Stein poems) and the Stein opera libretto (Gertrude Stein Invents A Jump Early On] for one low price.

2 books in Paper 978-0938572-24-4xx:  $20

  • THE STEINY ROAD TO OPERADOM: THE MAKING OF AMERICAN OPERAS

Based on Karren Alenier's Scene4 Magazine column "The Steiny Road to Operadom," this book gives the inside story on how a contemporary opera was created for the New York City stage. The book, which includes, reviews of well known contemporary operas, an opera glossary, a timeline for the development of Gertrude Stein Invents a Jump Early On, and the libretto of the Stein opera, can be used as teaching reference.

ISBN13 978-1-58832-192-3 Paper:  $25


by Jim Beall

  • REPUBLIC

Quantity

A physicist, poet, and philosopher creates a world populated with remarkable people and ideas. Toad Hall Press.

ISBN 978-0-915380-76-3 Paper: $15




by Grace Cavalieri

  • BLISS

A spiritual journey for the sake of healing mortal wounds.  Hillman Roberts Publications. 

ISBN 0-940463-00-8 Paper:  $8

  • CUFFED FRAYS AND OTHER POEMS

Poems in a one of a kind voice. Argonne Hotel Press.  

ISBN 1-887641-49-1 Paper:  $7

  • SIT DOWN, SAYS LOVE

Grace Cavalieri's dramatic voice visits her worlds, from childhood to motherhood, crossing the marvelous bridges of what is lost and what is found. Argonne Hotel Press.  

ISBN 1-887641-24-6 Paper:  $7

  • WHAT I WOULD DO FOR LOVE

Cavalieri enters the life of Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th century author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and recreates, through poems, her struggles for equality and love. Jacaranda Press.  

ISBN 1-884516-10-6 Paper:  $12.95



by Christopher Conlon

  • THUNDERSHOWERS AT DUSK: GOTHIC STORIES

Five gothic tales with an Introduction by Stoker Award-winning author Gary A. Braunbeck. Signed edition limited to 250 copies. Rock Village Publishing.

ISBN 0-9766356-5-8 Paper: $16

  • THE WEEPING TIME: ELEGY IN THREE VOICES

Through dramatic monologues, Conlon unfolds the story of the largest slave auction in the United States. Argonne House Press.

ISBN 1-887641-18-1 Paper: $10

  • WHAT THERE IS

Poems exploring the early livesof the writer's parents, and the tragedy of their first-born son. Argonne House Press.

ISBN 1-887641-59-9 Paper: $9



by Bernadette Geyer

  • WHAT REMAINS

Poems inspired by the writer's travels and family history. Argonne Hotel Press.

ISBN 1-887641-50-5 Paper: $9



by Vladimir Levchev

  • HEAVENLY BALKANS

Folklore, history, and experiment from a Bulgarian perspective. Argonne Hotel Press.

ISBN 1-887641-76-9 Paper: $9

  • THE RAINBOW MASON

Mason Books.

ISBN 1-887560-30-0 Paper: $11.95



by Miles David Moore

  • BUDDHA ISN'T LAUGHING

More adventures of Fatslug, and other poems. Argonne Hotel Press.  

ISBN 1-887641-35-1 Paper:  $7



by Robert Sargent

  • ALTERED IN THE TELLING

Sargent's collected biblical poems. The Bunny and the Crocodile Press.

ISBN 0-938572-30-X Paper:  $8

  • THE CARTOGRAPHER

Sargent's map of his own time with signposts through this great adventure.   Introduction by Roland Flint.  Forest Woods Media Productions.

ISBN 0-938572-09-1 Paper:  $10

  • FISH GALORE

Intimate relationships and jazz figure prominently in this wise and humorous work by a southern writer.  Cover art by Armin Landeck.  The Bunny and the Crocodile Press.

ISBN 0-938572-02-4 Paper:  $8

  • THE JAZZ POEMS OF ROBERT SARGENT

25 poems on jazz themes. Argonne Hotel Press.  

ISBN 1-887641-43-2 Paper:  $7

  • STEALTHY DAYS

Poetry.  William Christenberry says of this book:  poetry that speaks of the poet's affection for family, friends, art, jazz and a sense of place. Forest Woods Media Productions.

ISBN 0-938572-20-2 Paper: $10

  • WONDROUS NEWS

The collected Biblical poems of Robert Sargent. Argonne Hotel Press.

ISBN 1-887641-63-7 Paper: $9

  • 99 AFTER 80

The ever prolific Robert Sargent presents 99 poems dedicated to his ten year old daughter Lula and written after his 80th year. The Bunny and the Crocodile Press.  

ISBN 0-938572-38-5 Paper:  $12



by Hilary Tham

  • REALITY CHECK & OTHER TRAVEL POEMS & ART

Poems that probe the otherness of countries and cultures, and the displaced self. With pen & ink sketches. Kings Estate Press  

ISBN 1-888832-17-7 Paper:  $16.50

  • THE TAO OF MRS. WEI

The feisty, unPC Chinese mother who takes on the world. Collected Mrs. Wein poems with pen & ink sketches. The Bunny and the Crocodile Press.  

ISBN 0-938572-37-7 Paper:  $12

  • TIN MINES & CONCUBINES

Inter-linked stories set in Malaysia that confront ghosts, rituals, secrets and the gritty emotional lives of families and lovers. Winner of WWPH's Fiction Competition. Washington Writers Publishing House. Read a review by Beverly Pechin of Reader Views.

ISBN 0-931846-76-5 Paper:  $14.95

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CHAPBOOKS BY MICA PRESS

In September 1996, Word Works began a collaboration with Mica Press of Fort Collins, Colorado. For Mica's Premier Series, a collection of 10 chapbooks, the Word Works distributes and promotes Mica's first publications. Many of the authors are writers published by The Word Works or writers who have worked on Word Works projects. The following titles are still available in that series:

THE FAIR-HAIRED BOY

Shirley Cochrane

Fiction. The 1921 collapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre forms the tragic backdrop of a woman trying to reconnect with her recently deceased son.

ISBN 0-9654421-3-6 Paper: $5


FIRST HAND

Jay Rogoff

Poetry. Farming life as seen by an urbanite in accomplished formal verse. Winner of Poetry Society of America's John Masefield Memorial Award.

ISBN 0-9654421-4-4 Paper: $5


LANCASTRIAN LETTERS

Ann Sheldon

Poetry. Engaging accounts of 15th century England's Henry V, from birth to death, in the voices of those who knew him.

ISBN 0-9654421-5-2 Paper: $5


STEALING MANGOES

Sydney March

Poetry. A celebration of jazz greats and a Jamaican boyhood in exuberant musical language.

ISBN 0-9654421-9-5 Paper: $5


UPON WAKING

Michael Davis

Poetry. Verbally rich, dark, and complex journeys through history, mythology, and the human mind.

ISBN 0-9654421-6-0 Paper: $5


THE WALNUT TREE WAITS FOR ITS BEES

James Hopkins

Poems that unfold a fresh and delicate lyricism where the erotic is seen as an integral part of nature.

ISBN 0-9654421-7-9 Paper: $5


WHEAT

Denise DeVries

Poems that explore family and the tragic love affair between sculptors Camille Claudel and August Rodin.

ISBN 0-9654421-8-7 Paper: $5

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