Poetry. Designed by James Dissette with original illustrations by Abigail Rorer. In Mary Jo Salter's new chapbook, the poet explores the art of losing, elegizing lost language, people, and places. LOST ORIGINALS moves from the landscape of a twentieth century nursing home, to William Blake's illuminated engravings and printer's proofs, to the burial traditions of ancient Egypt, and to a museum in snowy, present-day Chicago. This edition is an offset paperback version of the original letterpress hardcover edition.

Lost Originals

Literature & Fiction

Salter, Mary Jo

Poetry

Literary House Press

Poetry. What if 100 contemporary American poets were sent individually selected vials of perfume, fragrances chosen to reflect the authors' voices, aesthetics, or writerly obsessions? What if each poet wrote something new in response? THE BOOK OF SCENTED THINGS collects the results of this strange, aromatic experiment: poems of longing and of childhood memory, poems of place and philosophy and politics, poems about the challenge of writing poems about perfume. This is an anthology whose words will linger on your pulse points long after even the base notes have faded. Contributors are Seth Abramson, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, James Arthur, Sarah Arvio, Beth Bachmann, Aaron Baker, Ned Balbo, Brian Barker, Rick Barot, Sandra Beasley, Nicky Beer, Erin Belieu, Elana Bell, Dan Bellm, Mark Bibbins, Mary Biddinger, Traci Brimhall, Brian Brodeur, Jericho Brown, Michelle Chan Brown, Stacey Lynn Brown, Lisa D. Chávez, Chad Davidson, Erica Dawson, Katy Didden, Jehanne Dubrow, Michael Dumanis, Moira Egan, Robin Ekiss, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Tarfia Faizullah, Elyse Fenton, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Gregory Fraser, Elisa Gabbert, Jeannine Hall Gailey, John Gallaher, Melody S. Gee, Carmen Giménez Smith, Juliana Gray, George Green, Rachel Hadas, Meredith Davies Hadaway, James Allen Hall, Leslie Harrison, Yona Harvey, K. A. Hays, Rebecca Hazelton, H. L. Hix, Carrie Jerrell, Laura Kasischke, Dore Kiesselbach, Keetje Kuipers, Ilyse Kusnetz, Deborah Landau, Nick Lantz, Dorothea Lasky, Mari L'Esperance, Shara Lessley, Sandy Longhorn, dawn lonsinger, Lindsay Lusby, Amit Majmudar, David Mason, Adrian Matejka, Jamaal May, Shara McCallum, Shane McCrae, Erika Meitner, Philip Metres, Tyler Mills, Ander Monson, Idra Novey, Lisa Olstein, Alan Michael Parker, Nathaniel Perry, Kiki Petrosino, Emilia Phillips, Patrick Phillips, Jessica Piazza, John Poch, Hilda Raz, Brynn Saito, Jane Satterfield, Zach Savich, Jason Schneiderman, Bruce Snider, Gabriel Spera, Alison Stine, Yerra Sugarman, Mathias Svalina, Matthew Thorburn, Maureen Thorson, Brian Turner, Sarah Vap, Cody Walker, Connie Wanek, Caki Wilkinson, Catherine Wing, and Matthew Zapruder.

The Book of Scented Things: 100 Contemporary Poems about Perfume

Fiction. LGBT Studies. An ornery cat named Olive. A pair of fraught relationships. A baby from Jiangxi. The city of Baltimore. In James Magruder's WORTH OUR BREATH, we see the way other people's choices can make us question our own, how difficult commitment can be even for the most dedicated couples, and how sometimes an old, stained mattress can outlast a friendship. This chapbook was designed by James Dissette and includes original illustrations by Stuart Cawley. This edition is an offset paperback version of the original letterpress hardcover edition.

Worth Our Breath

Magruder, James

United States

Literary Nonfiction. Art. "Once you really see a thing...it's hard to unsee," Lia Purpura cautions in an essay that asks us to pay attention to a world abundant with objects. While others may wish to possess these things, consume them, or else throw them away, Purpura chooses to name them, give them history and weight. A tin of mints. A tag on the ear of a cow. A bottle of milk. At the center of SCREAM is Edvard Munch's iconic painting, now reproduced on T-shirts, coffee mugs, posters, inflatable dolls, so that the shrieking image loses its rage, becoming nothing more than "mild laughter." But through the lyricism of language, Purpura shows us how the commodified may be returned to lives and landscapes of their own. This chapbook was designed by James Dissette and includes original illustrations by Stuart Cawley.

Scream (or never minding)

PURPURA, LIA

Arts & Photography

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Lost Originals

The Book of Scented Things: 100 Contemporary Poems about Perfume

Worth Our Breath

Scream (or never minding)