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  Poems from the Wilderness

  Jack Mayer

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  Wilderness inspired poems composed on the trail by an American doctor/poet, sharing his love of the backcountry, trail-walking, camping, and the “wilderness effect,” a unique sensation of aliveness and deep connection. Mayer’s poetry explores our human experience of the natural world, our intimate and mysterious connections to flora and fauna. It proclaims the opportunity that walking mindfully in the wilderness offers to experience the divine. The uniqueness and intensity of these musings lead his poems to attempt reconciliation of our lived experience with physics, spirit, and music, the latter manifested in his experience of singing to the dying; the wisdom of nature rendered in music and consolation. A few poems are inspired by Mayer’s medical practice. Some spring from his ordinary life and reflections on his childhood and family, which have followed him into the woods. 
  “Ever since Emerson sent American poets into the woods to discover their souls, the connections between language and spirit have been steadily forged on this continent. Jack Mayer is a writer I've long admired, and in these bright, sensuous, deeply reflective poems we encounter a wilderness that exists on many levels: the Vermont trails that he loves, walks and dreams, and the contours of his own expansive spirit. I read these poems with increasing pleasure, and plan to return to them again and again. Mayer is a fine, fresh voice in American poetry.” —Jay Parini, author of New and Collected Poems, 1975-2015 
  “These poems...recall such earlier wilderness poets as Han Shan and Gary Snyder. Like those ancestors’ dispatches from the heights, they combine reflections on time and reality with the glow of physical exertion in the open air. Mayer’s humor also bubbles up in ways that make his voice a distinctive and delightful addition to this lineage.”—John Elder, author of Reading the Mountains of Home

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  Patient History

  Tricia Tan

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  “Patient history” is a medical term describing the method by which doctors gather information about a patient’s past and present conditions. Yet, how much of a patient’s history do doctors really know, and how much agency do we have in determining our own histories? 
  Patient History is a whimsical exploration of the typically grim world of sickness and death. Woven from pop culture, fairytales, and East-meets-West childhood memories of growing up in Singapore, these fantasies are cotton candy sweet—osteoporosis becomes Singapore’s signature Chili Crab, a fistula transfigures into fairy, and organs are commemorated as a theme park.

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  The Ending of the Path - A...

  Brett C. Persson

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  Step into a beautiful farewell to poetry that forms the culmination of a decades-long love affair. 
  As the powerful conclusion to a 35-year-long love affair with poetry, this poignant book compiles author Brett C Persson's farewell to haiku, echoing with a bittersweet yet beautiful send-off to a passion that helped support him through his darkest moments. 
  Weaving together timeless themes of nature, religion, joy, love, loss, death, and the key moments that shaped his life, this collection ranges over the breadth of human experience, bringing things full circle and serving as the starting point for new adventures into the world of literature. Through the minimalist and simplistic beauty of traditional Japanese haiku, this book captures passing thoughts and crystallizes them into vivid mental imagery, painting a portrait with every verse. 
  With a dash of random haikus to lighten the mood and give readers some thought-provoking ideas to reflect on, The Ending of the Path teaches us that although all good things must come to an end, they often serve as the foundation for new and exciting directions. This collection is a heartfelt book that will soothe the souls of poetry fans, offering a fresh new perspective on experiences that the greatest poets have grappled with for generations.

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  Azul

  Rubén Darío

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  Azul is the groundbreaking work that inaugurated the Modernismo movement in Spanish-language literature and established Rubén Darío as one of the most influential poets of the late nineteenth century. First published in 1888, this luminous collection of prose and verse reshaped Hispanic letters with its musical language, refined symbolism, and bold artistic vision.
  
  Blending short stories and poems, Azul transports readers into a world of elegance, imagination, and sensory richness. Darío draws inspiration from French symbolism and Parnassian aesthetics, crafting texts filled with swans, princesses, exotic landscapes, and dreamlike settings. Yet beneath this shimmering surface lies a subtle critique of materialism and mediocrity in modern society. Through irony and delicate satire, Darío contrasts the beauty of art with the coarseness of bourgeois values.
  
  The color blue—suggestive of sky, sea, mystery, and the infinite—becomes a unifying symbol throughout the collection. It evokes transcendence, spirituality, and artistic aspiration. In Darío's hands, language itself becomes an instrument of transformation, capable of elevating the ordinary into the extraordinary. His rhythmic precision and innovative use of sound give the text a musical quality that marked a turning point in Spanish poetry.
  
  At once cosmopolitan and distinctly Latin American, Azul bridges continents and traditions. Darío infuses European influences with his own cultural sensibility, creating a voice that is both universal and rooted in the evolving identity of Spanish America. The collection captures a generation's desire for renewal—an aesthetic rebellion against rigid conventions and a search for beauty in an era of rapid change.
  
  The prose pieces in Azul reveal Darío's sharp narrative skill and keen social awareness, while the poems display lyrical grace and emotional intensity. Together, they form a cohesive artistic statement that celebrates imagination, challenges conformity, and affirms the transformative power of art.
  
  More than a literary milestone, Azul is a manifesto of creative freedom. Its innovative style and daring vision opened new possibilities for writers across the Spanish-speaking world and beyond. Over a century later, the collection continues to enchant readers with its elegance, musicality, and dreamlike atmosphere.
  
  A cornerstone of Modernismo and a timeless testament to poetic innovation, Azul remains an essential work for anyone seeking to understand the evolution of modern Hispanic literature and the enduring magic of language.

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  Grocery Shopping with My Mother...

  Kevin Powell

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  When Kevin Powell's elderly mother became ill, he returned home ever week to take her grocery shopping in Jersey City. Walking behind her during those trips, Powell began to hear her voice, stories, and language in a new way—and examined his own healing while praying for hers. 
   
  Grocery Shopping with My Mother originated as social media posts about these visits and evolved into a breathtaking collection of thirty-two new poems, crafted like an album, plus four bonus tracks celebrating a great love of wordplay.  
   
  Culturally rooted in the literary traditions of Ntozake Shange and Allen Ginsberg, Powell’s poems honor the likes of V (formerly Eve Ensler), bell hooks, and Sidney Poitier. 
   
  Grocery Shopping with My Mother dives into the complexities of relationships and contemporary themes with honesty and vulnerability. Creatively and spiritually inspired by Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life, Powell’s poems shift in form and style, from praise chants to reverential  
  meditations to, most importantly, innovative hope.

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  In the Bear's House

  N. Scott Momaday

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  "Let me say at the outset that this book is not about Bear (he would be spoken of in the singular and masculine, capitalized and without an article), or it is only incidentally about him. I am less interested in defining the being of Bear than in trying to understand something about the spirit of wilderness, of which Bear is a very particular expression . . . Bear is a template of the wilderness."—from the Introduction 
   
   
   
  Since receiving the Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for his novel House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday has had one of the most remarkable careers in twentieth-century American letters. Here, in In the Bear's House, Momaday passionately explores themes of loneliness, sacredness, and aggression through his depiction of Bear, the one animal that has both inspired and haunted him throughout his lifetime. 
   
   
   
  With transcendent dignity and gentleness, In the Bear's House celebrates Momaday's extraordinary creative vision and his evolution as one of our most gifted artists.

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