Poetry and Essays

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	Among The Western Hills - Poetry - Western hills are epic. They are about beauty and serenity and survival. To enter these hills, simply sit directly on the earth. Be silent until the breath of the hills becomes your breath and the heartbeat of the earth beats in your own heart.      Author Rick Mack. Publisher: Coyote Tobacco Press, Trade Paperback, 70 pp; $10
	Against A Western Sky: Poems and Essays by Richard Mack - This collection of forty-three poems and two essays is for those who remember images whose vividness was heightened by being viewed against a western sky. Author: Richard Mack, Wind Whistle Press, Trade Paperback, 68 pp; $10.00
	The Attic - Quarterly publication of the Crossroads Arts Center writing classes led by Eloise Dielman. Each volume is a collection of poems and essays by the class participants. Available only from Crossroads Art Center. Spiral bound $4.00 per issue.
	I Thought I Heard The Clouds Talking - Poetry and photography that touch on the landscape, people, and life in rural eastern Oregon. Author: Lorene Allen, Hutch's Printing Co., Booklet; 48 pp; $10.00
	Ke-Qua-Hawk-As - poetry by Misha Nogha. "...a series of starkly painted images that go to work on your mind like the pictures on a tarot deck. They talk directly to your right brain..." - James P. Blaylock. Author: Misha Nogha, Wordcraft of Oregon, 94 pp; $9.95
	The Larger Earth: Descending Notes Of A Grounded Astronaut  - "...Memmott has negotiated a place between literature and science fiction, a philosophical space from which begins to resonate a lyrical original poetry." Brian Evanson, Rain Taxi. Author: David Memmott, Permeable Press, 1996; Trade Paperback; $9.95; Available from Wordcraft of Oregon
	MAGPIES & TIGERS - “Misha Nogha’s poetry is like the good parts of life—and the good parts of life are often the most dangerous parts, if you’re paying attention. ...Misha’s poetry will put you back in touch with that vitality.” — John Shirley, The Other End and Living Shadows Author: Misha Nogha, Wordcraft of Oregon, LLC: Trade paperback, 84 pp; $10
	Oregon Sojourn - Rob Whitbeck illuminates and celebrates the remote, isolated, and rural lives he knows best. These are poems rich with blood, sweat, love birth, initiation, with sacred watersheds of natural innocence destroyed." - George Venn Author: Rob Whitbeck, Pygmy Forest Press, Trade Paperback, 94 pp; $12
	Prayers of Steel - praised by the likes of science fiction writers Ursula Le Guin and Brian Aldiss, Misha Nogha has created a short collection of cyberpunk poetry. Author: Misha Nogha, Wordcraft of Oregon, 44 pp; $5.
	Reflections In A Western River - The quiet reflections in Richard Mack's poetry and prose ripple outward, touching the Western landscape with a human heart. Poems and essays by Author Richard Mack, Wind Whistle Press, Trade Paperback, 92 pp; $11.95
	The Taproot Confessions - "I also greatly admire the good ear for the voices. The ear that lets us actually hear them. Few writers have that ear as good as Rob Whitbeck does. That ability to hone in on the nuanced language of the real people." - Dave McCain. Author: Rob Whitbeck, Pygmy Forest Press, Trade Paperback, 90 pp; $12.
	Watermarked - This volume features poems, many relating to coming-of-age at the mouth of the Columbia River in the 1960s. Four poems were nominated for the Puschcart Prize. This book was published in an edition of 250 copies. Author: David Memmott, Traprock Books; 2002; Saddle-stitched chapbook, wrap-around cover; 40 pp; $7.00; Available from Wordcraft of Oregon
	With Charon - Laughing To Beat The Band - Poetry - Whatever future the world will fashion will come from the many millions of people, our so-called enemies included, who want more than what the rule of violence has ever accomplished. Author: Ron Brand, Dry Side Press, Chapbook, 56 pp; $10
	Within The Wings Of Jericho - In this poetry collection, Memmott explores the boundary between speculative themes and more regional experience. Author: David Memmott, 26 pp; 1998; Saddle-stitched chapbook; $5.00; Available from Wordcraft of Oregon