FORTHCOMING TITLESThe Killing Sun A debut collection of 19 compelling stories by the author of Myth and The Art of Anguish. These stories probe the distorted mirror and crippled social ethos of our time with subtle, yet unrelenting keenness. Uncompromising and insightful in their exploration of the tenuous relationship between faith and reason, image and illusion, enlightenment and despair Zen Death Poems and Other Stories Filled with invention, this singular collection of stories by the author of Dreams of a Lifetime and The Voyage of a Bean is a potpourri of comedic pieces composed to amuse and inspire. Short dramatic sketches, biography, satire, mock literary criticism, and a new genre of jokes are presented for the reader's delectation in a rich stew of fictions rendered in high vein with subtle wit. Zen Death Poems and Other Stories is a feast of smart humor infused with the author's characteristic cunning thought. The Horse Portraits Poems that portray the daily struggle to survive, the mysteries behind fragments of paintings, drawings, or family heirlooms, this second collection of poetry by the author of Epiphanies on the Promenade reveals in unique, sinewy, free-form style the fragile relation of the soul to a world of shifting perspectives. A tight thematic collection of remarkable depth and sharpness. The Art of Poetry For the first time in one volume, the most important seminal essays written on the art of poetry, including works by Shelley, Wordsworth, Poe, and Whitman to Arnold, Housman, Pound, Eliot, Stevens and others. The Art of Fiction Like its companion volume, this one-of-a-kind anthology gathers the most important writings on fiction in one book by such towering novelists as Thomas Hardy, D. H. Lawrence, Henry James, and many others. Creation The first-time publication of a radical Sixties artist and writer who labored on one manuscript during his lifetime left incomplete at his death. A radical revisionist view of society and nature, pointing out the reasons behind the world's imbalance and a way back to achieving harmony and perspective in order to reclaim the future. A fascinating read of intellectual ferment and idealism. The Chicago Pizza Guide |