Saturday, June 27, 2009
ANTICIPATING PAUL PINES' LAST CALL AT THE TIN PALACE!
Paul Pines' LAST CALL AT THE TIN PALACE is one of four books scheduled to be released this Fall by Marsh Hawk Press. Yet it's already received positive "Advance Words" -- these from Stephen Vincent:
Congratulations Paul. Here's some more about one of Marsh Hawk Press' latest authors:
Paul Pines grew up in Brooklyn around the corner from Ebbets Field and passed the early sixties on the Lower East Side of New York. He shipped out as a merchant seaman, spending 1965-66 in Vietnam, after which he drove a taxi and tended bar until he opened The Tin Palace in 1970, the setting for his novel, TheTin Angel (Wm Morrow, 1983). Redemption (Editions du Rocher, 1997), a second novel, is set against the genocide of Guatemalan Mayans. My Brother’s Madness (Curbstone, 2007) a memoir, has recently enjoyed wide critical acclaim. Pines has also published seven volumes of poetry: Onion, Hotel Madden Poems, Pines Songs,Breath, Adrift on Blinding Light, Taxidancing and the forthcoming Last Call at The Tin Palace—selections set by composer Daniel Asia appear on the Summit label. He lives in Glens Falls, NewYork, where he practices as a psychotherapist and hosts the Lake George Jazz Weekend. High praise for Pines’s work include: The Tin Angel, “Superb”(The Washington Post); My Brother’s Madness, “great writing, no doubt about it”(NPR commentator Andre Codrescu); Hotel Madden Poems, “brilliant and compelling…” (American Book Review); Breath, “…instantaneous travel along our internal galaxies” (American Book Review); and Adrift on Blinding Light, “[that]navigates the conscious and subconscious worlds with fluid, imaginative, and fascinating energy” (Multicultural Review).
Paul Pines' LAST CALL AT THE TIN PALACE is one of four books scheduled to be released this Fall by Marsh Hawk Press. Yet it's already received positive "Advance Words" -- these from Stephen Vincent:
ha[s] great ears, impeccable sense of measure, musics rich in compassion. The book as journey & companion.
Congratulations Paul. Here's some more about one of Marsh Hawk Press' latest authors:
Paul Pines grew up in Brooklyn around the corner from Ebbets Field and passed the early sixties on the Lower East Side of New York. He shipped out as a merchant seaman, spending 1965-66 in Vietnam, after which he drove a taxi and tended bar until he opened The Tin Palace in 1970, the setting for his novel, TheTin Angel (Wm Morrow, 1983). Redemption (Editions du Rocher, 1997), a second novel, is set against the genocide of Guatemalan Mayans. My Brother’s Madness (Curbstone, 2007) a memoir, has recently enjoyed wide critical acclaim. Pines has also published seven volumes of poetry: Onion, Hotel Madden Poems, Pines Songs,Breath, Adrift on Blinding Light, Taxidancing and the forthcoming Last Call at The Tin Palace—selections set by composer Daniel Asia appear on the Summit label. He lives in Glens Falls, NewYork, where he practices as a psychotherapist and hosts the Lake George Jazz Weekend. High praise for Pines’s work include: The Tin Angel, “Superb”(The Washington Post); My Brother’s Madness, “great writing, no doubt about it”(NPR commentator Andre Codrescu); Hotel Madden Poems, “brilliant and compelling…” (American Book Review); Breath, “…instantaneous travel along our internal galaxies” (American Book Review); and Adrift on Blinding Light, “[that]navigates the conscious and subconscious worlds with fluid, imaginative, and fascinating energy” (Multicultural Review).
Monday, June 22, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE!
Winner of the 2009 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize:
Neil de la Flor for his manuscript Almost Dorothy (sample poems HERE)
Runners-up:
Rosalynde Vas Dias, Nathan Bartel, Art Zilleruelo and Francisco Guevara
Contest Judge: Forrest Gander
Finalists:
Arlene Ang, Rebecca Aronson, Anne Babson, Douglas Blazek, Jack Coulehan, Kimberly Davis, John Estes, Bernadette Geyer, Jamey Hecht, Carolyn Hembree, Matthew Hittinger, Lesley Jenike, Cory McClellan, Luigi Monteferrante, Carrie Oeding, Deniz Perin, Richard Robbins, Hugo Rodriguez, Sarah Wetzel Fishman, S. Scott Whitaker
Poets from fifteen countries plus the U.S. entered our contest this year. All manuscripts were read at least twice. According to the judges, the poetry quality was high. We thank you for letting us consider your manuscript and invite you to enter again next year.
Next year's contest judge: Anne Waldman.
Winner of the 2009 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize:
Neil de la Flor for his manuscript Almost Dorothy (sample poems HERE)
Runners-up:
Rosalynde Vas Dias, Nathan Bartel, Art Zilleruelo and Francisco Guevara
Contest Judge: Forrest Gander
Finalists:
Arlene Ang, Rebecca Aronson, Anne Babson, Douglas Blazek, Jack Coulehan, Kimberly Davis, John Estes, Bernadette Geyer, Jamey Hecht, Carolyn Hembree, Matthew Hittinger, Lesley Jenike, Cory McClellan, Luigi Monteferrante, Carrie Oeding, Deniz Perin, Richard Robbins, Hugo Rodriguez, Sarah Wetzel Fishman, S. Scott Whitaker
Poets from fifteen countries plus the U.S. entered our contest this year. All manuscripts were read at least twice. According to the judges, the poetry quality was high. We thank you for letting us consider your manuscript and invite you to enter again next year.
Next year's contest judge: Anne Waldman.
