New Releases
Under the Influence of Lilacs
by Deborah Gordon Cooper
This collection includes thirty new poems as well as selections from each
of the author's four previously published chapbooks and from the
anthology The Moon Rolls Out of Our Mouths. The author describes the
crafting of poetry as a contemplative practice, an act that opens us to
insights and connections that might otherwise go unnoticed.
The Dark Honey: New & Used Poems
by Ellie Schoenfeld
In Ellie Schoenfeld’s poems, one finds a tenderness mixed with bewilderment, a feeling of awe at the great mystery of life, and a longing. She says, “I want death to be like England / you go there for awhile / but then you come back.” There is in the poems a deep affection for the earth, and this earthly life, which she expresses with lyricism and wit.
—Louis Jenkins, author of North of the Cities and European Shoes
Winner of the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Poetry
BIG NOISE: A Jo Spence Mystery
by Jen Wright
New lovers Jo and Zoey venture into the deep woods of northern Minnesota for a vacation away from their demanding jobs, but plans for a restful and romantic winter retreat are interrupted when Jo learns that a former probation client has gone missing in the area. Jo is torn between concern for the young man's disappearance and distress over the impact that her work is having on her relationship.
Received Honorable Mention in the Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards
Newly Reissued
Silent Words
by Joan M. Drury
Winner of the Minnesota Book Award, the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award, and a Midwest Book Achievement Award. Finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award.
Atmospheric, meditative in tone, deeply wise in its exploration of the corrosive power of secrets and the tentacles of the past, this eloquent novel ranks with the best of our mystery fiction.
—Katherine V. Forrest