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New and Featured Books
Every Mask I Tried On
by Alina Stefanescu
ISBN 978-1944467081, $16.95
WINNER OF THE BRIGHTHORSE PRIZE IN SHORT FICTION
In this award-winning collection of short fiction, Alina Stefanescu brings an immigrant's sharp eye to the American way of life. In prose that reminds us of the best of Grace Paley, Every Mask I Tried On is by turns smart, funny, and profound.
The Sky After Rain
by D.E. Lee
ISBN 978-1944467036, $14.95
WINNER OF THE BRIGHTHORSE PRIZE IN THE NOVEL
The lives of people from many places and cultures are disrupted when a hurricane bears down on a small beachside bar in Florida. But as devastating as it is, the storm outside is nothing compared to the storms taking place inside the hearts and minds of Lee’s richly realized characters.
Remote Fishing and Sassafras Tea
by Carla Maria Stout
ISBN 978-1944467067, $12.95
A collection of poetry that is both mysterious and touching, Remote Fishing and Sassafras Tea celebrates and explores human connections, love, and the mysteries and wonders of nature.
This House That
by Peter Grandbois
ISBN 978-1-944467-05-0
In this haunting collection of new poems, "Peter Grandbois takes on marriage, fatherhood, the ravages of family life. He brings a piercing, dreamlike attention to everything in a packed household that isn’t there: what can’t be said, what shouldn’t be said..”—Joanna Klink, author of Excerpts from a Secret Prophecy
Mortal
by Thomas Dillon Redshaw
ISBN 978-1-944467-04-3
Elegant and lyrical and ranging in setting from Minnesota to Ireland, many of the poems in Mortal confront the issues of age and the end of life. But they also open our eyes to the overlooked wonders of the natural world. Mortal is a milestone collection by a poet at the top of his form, writing poems of deep sensibility, whimsy, and wonder.