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Somers Rocks Press Chapbook Series (selected titles)
1996-2001



The Craftsman's Praise                     "There is marvelous wit here as well as a deep compassion
Robert Darling, 2001                               for the human condition...a realism tempered by idealism...."
Liz Holly, artwork                                                                            Paul Petrie
Somers Rocks Press, 32 pp.
US$6
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Nonsense Couplets                                "A formidable poet of high seriousness, but also one of our very
Joseph S. Salemi, 2001                                deftest and wittiest light versifiers...."
Somers Rocks Press, 28 pp.                                                           X.J. Kennedy
US$8
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The Peacock Room                                "Whether reinterpreting our myths or delving into family life,
Lisa Barnett, 2001                                       Lisa Barnett writes with conviction and with a special gift
Somers Rocks Press, 24 pp.                        for extending the resources of rhyme...."
US$6                                                                                                Suzanne Noguere
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Island Fire                                             "In these poems Hough steeps us in the harsh beauty of immigrant
Andrejika Hough, 1998                               and city life.  She has a gift for lyricism and narrative...."
Guillermo Esparza, artwork                                                            Mark Jarman
Somers Rocks Press, 26 pp.
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Diagrams of Bittersweet                         "In this aptly titled book, Raphael shows that she is a competent
Carolyn Raphael, 1997                                 prosodist with a surprising range of subject matter and a gift
Liz Holly, artwork                                       for pithy observations...."
Somers Rocks Press, 26 pp.                                                                         Annie Finch
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Scholaster, His Life and Times                    "Norman Kraeft has a craftsman's hand, a perfect ear, an observant
Norman Kraeft, 1998                                        and ironic eye...."
Somers Rocks Press, 24 pp.                                                                                 J.D. McClatchy
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The Song of Abel                                                                 "In keeping with the visionary character of the narrative,
James Webster DeMartini, 1998                                                The Song of Abel contains nightmarish, surrealist
James Gerard DeMartini, artwork (the poet's late father)            illustrations by the poet's father...."
Somers Rocks Press, 26 pp.                                                                                             Alfred Dorn
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In Rooms We Come And Go                                     "Sybil Kollar writes bravely about family, children, friends,
Sybil Kollar, 1998                                                           and Jewish awakening...she also displays great clarity and
Liz Holly, artwork                                                          tenderness toward her subjects...."
Somers Rocks Press, 26 pp.                                                                                  Hugh Seidman
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New Tricks                                                             "One of his truly distinct qualities is his power to sustain, with
Alan Sullivan, 1998                                                      entire clarity, a longish narrative or argument...New Tricks
Somers Rocks Press, 26 pp.                                       is a very welcome poetic debut...."
US$6                                                                                                        Richard Wilbur
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Voices in Rooms                                 "The poems of Alfred Dorn seem to be vigorous, imaginative, and original,
Alfred Dorn, 1996                                   graced with elegant formalities when warranted, manumitted and free
Somers Rocks Press, 34 pp.                   when the spirit moves...."
US$6                                                                                                        Anthony Hecht
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From Cells to Mind Space
Alfred Dorn, 1996
Somers Rocks Press, 34 pp.
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No Sun, No Shadow                                                          Editor & Publisher of Iambs and Trochees, and author of
William Carlson, 1998                                                          No Souvenirs to Remind Me, a novel of World War II.
Liz Holly, artwork
Somers Rocks Press, 26 pp.
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Midland                                                                 "Len Krisak's sonnets about a high school and the people in it
Len Krisak, 1999                                                      distill into deft and concentrated form the irony, anger and joy
Liz Holly, artwork                                                     of being a teenager in millenium-end America...wonderfully
Somers Rocks Press, 22 pp.                                     readable...."
US$6                                                                                                          Richard Moore
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Antibodies                                                      "Readers of Palma's superb translations of Italian poetry will be
Michael Palma, 1997                                           delighted to discover that he is also a fine lyric poet in his own
Liz Holly, artwork                                               right and language.  The poems in Antibodies are on the most
Somers Rocks Press, 22 pp.                               traditional of themes: love and loss.  Graceful and moving...."
US$6                                                                                                        Charles Martin
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Boundaries                                                         "You will find more genuine poetry in this slim collection than in
Robert Darling, 1997                                               in most books five times its size.  But please test this promise
Liz Holly, artwork                                                  for yourself...."
US$5                                                                                                        X.J. Kennedy
Somers Rocks Press, 26 pp.
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Formal Complaints                             "Joseph S. Salemi is a civilized poet, a splendid verbal musician, a biting
Joseph S. Salemi, 1997                            satirist, a master of both lyric and narrative...."
Somers Rocks Press, 34 pp.                                                                   X.J. Kennedy
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Venetian Spring                                                     Publisher of EP&M Online, Pivot, and Pivot Press
Arthur Mortensen, 1996
Liz Holly, artwork
Musings Press, 24 pp.
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Chilling Out                                                            "Gerald Sullivan stakes out a unique territory -- the world of
Gerald Sullivan, 2000                                                  a cheap hotel with its lonely pensioners, its sad transients,
Jack Coughlin, artwork                                               its insolent bellhops...."
US$6                                                                                                             Richard Wilbur
Somers Rocks Press, 22 pp.
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Testaments                                                                 "These poems recast some of the great Biblical stories
Wade Newman, 1996                                                   in a context that is humanistic...but also capable of flaring
David Rees, artwork                                                    into radiance...Newman moves seamlessly from the
US$4                                                                            majestic to the comic."
David Rees, artwork
Somers Rocks Press, 16  pp.                                                                   Ronald Sharp
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Three of the chapbooks in the series are unlisted because they are unavailable from EP&M Online Bookstore.   They are Ripples in the Fabric by Claudia Gary Annis, Because the Wind Has Questions by Michael Young, and Relics of the Cold War by Arthur Mortensen.  Contact Annis and Young if you have further questions about those titles.   They may have copies.  Relics of the Cold War is online, complete with illustrations at  ReadersandWriters.com

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