Literary Publicity

A new novel by John Hanson Mitchell: The Last of the Bird People

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:21:00 +0000

Wilderness House Press

an imprint of ISCSPress

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Publicity Contact: Jill Brown Steve Glines

Tel: 978-486-8567 978-800-1625

Email: jillgbrown@verizon.net sglines@iscspress.com

A new novel by John Hanson Mitchell: The Last of the Bird People

May 24, 2012 -- Littleton Massachusetts -- Wilderness House Press (http://www.wildernesshousepress.com/) is pleased to announce the publication of a new novel by acclaimed environmental writer John Hanson Mitchell.

In 1928, Massachusetts water authorities began land takings for the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir, in the Swift River Valley. Unknown to the authorities was the fact that, subsisting in the more remote, forested tracts of the valley, there was a secretive band of mixed-race hunter-gatherers who had been there for over ten generations. Mitchell's book is the story of the exodus of this tribe and the young anthropologist who first discovers them. The novel takes the form of a legal deposition, taken at the  Everglades City Court House, in 1929, concerning the fate of these people.

John Hanson Mitchell has been called "a unique, delightful, and absolutely essential voice," by the York Times Book Review; “A Thoreauvian wanderer, an engaging writer,” by the Washington Post Book World and “a natural story teller..." by the Boston Globe.

The e-book edition will be available June 20th, 2012 at Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, and Apple. The paperback edition will be available everywhere September 1.

John Hanson Mitchell (http://johnhansonmitchell.com/) is the author of Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on Once Square Mile (Counterpoint) and eight other books on cultural and environmental history, the most recent of which is The Paradise of All These Parts, A Natural History of Boston (Beacon Press). He is also the creator and editor of the award-winning magazine, “Sanctuary”, published by the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

Title: The Last of the Bird People

Print ISBN: 978-0-9827115-7-6

e-book ISBN: 978-1-4763928-4-4

Words: approximately 70,000

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012938511

Wilderness House Literary Review Volume 6 Number 2 is available for viewing

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:20:00 +0000

The editors of Wilderness House Literary Review are proud to announce
that the Summer 2011 issue is available at http://www.whlreview.com/

Enjoy
SG

Sonia Meyer, Gypsy Activist, to Speak on KOGA Radio

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:36:00 +0000

Sonia Meyer, famed Gypsy activist and scholar will be appearing on the Josh Mackey radio program on KOGA - AM930 (www.930koga.com) in Ogallala, Nebraska on February 22 2011 at 1:30 PM Mountain Time to talk about the oppression of Gypsies across Europe and the impact her book, Dosha, flight of the Russian Gypsies, has had on her battle for recognition of the rights of Gypsies all over the world.

Sonia Meyer (www.soniameyer.com) is renowned Gypsy (Roma) activist. She fled the Nazis with her parents when she was 2 years old to live in the woods of Germany and Poland among partisans and Gypsies. They lived in the woods, in abandon houses, in and inns, always dodging the German and later Soviet armies who hunted them relentlessly. Her father taught her to throw hand grenades using a wooden darning egg. Just after the war Sonia and her family returned to Cologne Germany where she foraged for food with a band of Gypsies camped nearby.

Sonia Meyer is the author of the novel, “Dosha, flight of the Russian Gypsies.” The novel spans the early life of a Gypsy girl, from a childhood spent with partisans in the Polish forests to her defection to the West during Khrushchev’s visit to Helsinki.

Clarion Review said, “…Dosha: Flight of the Russian Gypsies tells the three-part story of a talented gypsy equestrian woman who gets drafted into the Soviet dressage team in Leningrad. Even as she is promoted as a star and given elevated status, Dosha’s only desire is to defect. Well-integrated into the book’s gripping plot are historical facts and vivid descriptions of the Russian gypsies and their role fighting the Nazi invasion during Stalin’s reign, followed by their oppression during Khrushchev’s Thaw in 1956, which instigated the Hungarian Revolution. Khrushchev’s first state visit to Helsinki, Finland, on June 6, 1957, plays a crucial part in this enthralling story.

“Edgy, entertaining, and filled with political stratagem, even a jaded fan of novels set during the Soviet era will not be disappointed. Indeed, Meyer’s knowledge and research shines on every page. At no point does she neglect her story to force sterile history on the reader, yet she manages to convey all essential information effortlessly. Her ability to capture the unique relationship between a sensitive rider and her dedicated horse is outstanding. This beautiful stallion is such an integral character in the book that his emotions can be felt during the hard training sessions and unexpected separations from Dosha. Five Stars (out of five) “

Dosha, flight of the Russian Gypsies
ISBN: 978-0-9827115-1-4
Available on Amazon as well as all fine book stores.
(www.wildernesshousepress.com)

For further information contact Steve Glines (sglines@industrialmyth.com ) 978-800-1625 – Industrial Myth & Magic (www.industrialmyth.com) is a public relations firm specializing in literary persona and events.

First Review - Dosha: Flight of the Russian Gypsies

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:22:00 +0000

Dosha: Flight of the Russian Gypsies
by Sonia Meyer,
Wilderness House Press (November 2010), Littleton MA US
ISBN: 978-0-9827115-1-4

Dosha of the Khantchisti, granddaughter of a powerful Lovara Gypsy king who is the most hunted Gypsy in all of Russia, spent her childhood trekking in the Polish forest on a quest for freedom from the terror under Stalin's rule. After declaring a cultural thaw three years after Stalin dies, Khrushchev gives the Gypsy nomads a glimmer of hope at freedom after World War II. According to her tribe, Dosha is predestined by legend to be the next leader of her tribe and lead them to freedom. In a drive to recruit suitable horses for the International Ussian Dressage Team, the KGB drafts Dosha and her talented horse to train for the circus in Leningrad where she conceals the identity of herself and her horse, renaming herself Ana Dolova. Despite having to blend in with the Gadje people, Dosha continued to plot a method of escape and return to her tribe leading them to freedom.

Staying true to her tribe in a world where Gypsy life is unacceptable is a nearly impossible task for a young girl during such a hard time, but Dosha's persistence and loyalty led her to maintain her beliefs and return to her people, no matter the circumstance, distance nor situation. It is ultimately a lesson in self-worth. No matter the amount of force thrusted upon someone to assimilate to a particular lifestyle and entire way of life to fit in for a specific purpose, it is not greater than the purity of the traditions and traits one grows up accustomed to.

Dosha is an inspiring book that not only sheds light on the true nomadic life of Gypsies and the hardships they must endure on a daily basis, but it also extends a lifelong lesson of never abandoning your true identity for any purpose other than true self-happiness.

In this eloquently written book, Sonia Meyer is sure to captivate and transform the hearts of many, giving them added courage and strength to carry on every day of their life with pride and loyalty to all that is dear to them.

All the best,
Nancy

Bryan Farrish Radio Promotion
1828 Broadway, 2nd Fl
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Wilderness House Literary Review Volume 5 Number 2

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:55:00 +0000

Littleton MA – July 20 2010 - The editors of Wilderness House Literary Review are pleased to announce the release of Volume 5 number 2 Summer 2010

Contents include Art by Leonarda Boughton.
Non-fiction by Chuck Taylor, Don MacLaren, G. David Schwartz, Jessie Carty, and Karen Hunt.

In “fragments of novels looking for homes" we offer John Hanson Mitchell’s continuing saga in The Bear, Chapter 4.

For your reading pleasure we offer an outstanding collection of short stories by Jacob Spears, Lindsey Harding, Nina Romano, Sabrina Stoessinger, Shannon O’Connor, and Steve Frederick.

Our poets are Bridget Galway, Carolyn Gregory, Changming Yuan, Chuck Taylor, Daniel Hudon, David Barnes, G. David Schwartz, George Held, Helen Peterson, James Piatt, Jared Smith, John Buckley, Joseph Cunningham, Kathy Horniak, Lara Dolphin, Lynn Lifshin, Michael Jerry Tupa, Mike Amado, Ricardo O. Fitten, Sabrina Stoessinger,
Sally Allen McNall, Sunil P. Narayan, Zvi A. Sesling

WHLR can be found at www.whlreview.com.

Wilderness House Literary Review has compared favorably by Boston Globe to Ploughshares, the literary magazine from Emerson College. WHLR is a result of the collaboration between a group of poets and writers who call themselves the Bagel Bards, ISCSpress and the Wilderness House Literary Retreat. The Wilderness House Literary Retreat is supported by the Rotary Club of Littleton Massachusetts.

Wilderness House Literary Review Volume 4 Number 4

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:05:00 +0000

Littleton MA - December 28 2009 - The editors of Wilderness House Literary Review are pleased to announce the release of Volume 4 Number 4 online

Our artist this season is Joseph Modica.

This edition includes works of non fiction by Don MacLaren, Jim Taylor, Jennifer McGaha, JM, Keith, Leo, Linda Romero, Tawnysha and Thomas H. Gagnon.

For fiction we have works by Adam Moorad, Ethel Rohan, Frank Haberle, Gavin Broom, Jessica Stilling, Josh Howatt, Karen Kasaba, Kim Triedman, Laurette Folk, Luke Salisbury, Marina Antropow Cramer, Mignon Ariel King, Sally Bunch and Timothy Gager.

Our poets are: Carolyn Gregory, Changming Yuan, Christopher Barnes, Christopher Wood-Robbins, Denis Emorine, Donal Mahoney, Felino A. Soriano, Geoffrey Craig, Grace Andreacchi, Howard Good, Joe MacLean, John Raffetto, John Sibley Williams, Kathy Horniak, Kathy Lerner, Kim Triedman, Kyle Hemmings, Kyle Owens, Laudizen King, Lynn Lifshin, Mike Amado, Monique Roussel, Reza Tokaloo, Richard Lighthouse, R. L. Swihart, Robert K. Johnson, Sabrina Stoessinger, Simon Perchik, S. M. Gillespie, Thom Brucie, Yassen Vassilev, and Yvette Schnoeker-Shorb.

WHLR can be found at www.whlreview.com.

Wilderness House Literary Review has compared favorably by Boston Globe to Ploughshares, the literary magazine from Emerson College. WHLR is a result of the collaboration between a group of poets and writers who call themselves the Bagel Bards, ISCSpress and the Wilderness House Literary Retreat. The Wilderness House Literary Retreat is supported by the Rotary Club of Littleton Massachusetts.

Wilderness House Literary Review nominates six stories for Dzanc Books - "Best of the Web”

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:12:00 +0000

Wilderness House Literary Review is pleased to announce its nominees for the Dzanc Books - "Best of the Web”

For Non-fiction:

Jane Karakula - The Crossing
http://www.whlreview.com/no-3.4/essay/JaneKarakula.pdf

David Joy - Breaking in the Cork
http://www.whlreview.com/no-4.1/essay/DavidJoy.pdf

Frances Metzman - My Inheritance
http://www.whlreview.com/no-4.3/essay/FrancesMetzman.pdf

For Fiction:

Jon Boilard - Wrong Things
http://www.whlreview.com/no-4.3/fiction/JonBoilard.pdf

Natasha Cabot - Ragdoll
http://www.whlreview.com/no-4.3/fiction/NatashaCabot.pdf

Rita Buckley - The Reconciliation
http://www.whlreview.com/no-4.3/fiction/RitaBuckley.pdf

Wilderness House Press releases Wilderness House Literary Review ‐ The best of Volume 3

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:04:00 +0000

September 18, 2009 ‐ Littleton MA. ‐ Wilderness House Literary Review and
Wilderness House Press are pleased to announce the release of our third “best
of” annual. Wilderness House Literary Review has compared favorably by
Boston Globe to Ploughshares, the literary magazine from Emerson College.

Authors include:
Jessica Keener
Lyn Lifshin
Anish Majumdar
Lo Galluccio
William Giraldi
Michael Amado
Robert K. Johnson
Gu Xie
Ashok Niyogi
Anthony G. Bernstein
a.k. huseby
Eric S. Adamson
Dianne Robitaille
Jéanpaul Ferro
Lorian Brown
Christian Ward
Elizabeth Glines
Jéanpaul Ferro
Jamie Lin
Sara Brenchley
Sherry O’Keefe (Faber)
Reagan Barna
Coleen T. Houlihan
John Hildebidle
Irene Koronas
Karen Kalsey
Mignon Ariel King
Julia Carlson
Jared Smith
Denis Emorine (Translated from the
French by Phillip John Usher)
Marc Jampole
Kelley Jean White, MD
Rose S. Williams
Jackie Biederman
Lawrence Kessenich
Shannon O’Connor
Barbara Bialick
Charles F. Campbell
Doug Holder
Ashley Taylor
Hugh Fox
Susan Tepper
Sharmagne Leland‐St.John
Irene Koronas
Rusty Barnes
Raymond Diandrea
Lyn Lifshin
John Thomas Clark
Peter Fulton
Victoria Clayton Munn
Marina Gipps
Anne Brudevold
kathleen haskard
Ricardo Castellanos
Paul Hawkins
Gerard Sarnat
Martha Boss
Peycho Kanev
Robbie Gamble
Richard Kostelanetz
A.D. Winans
Howard Lee Kilby
Eric Greinke
Robert H. Demaree Jr.
Lainie Senechal
Nikolle Doolin
Rebekah L. Cowell
Lucy Holstedt
John Hanson Mitchell
Tomi Shaw
Paul Stone
Elaine Rosenberg Miller
Rohith Sundaraman
Jim Parks
Nathan Leslie
Richard Fein
Joseph Powell
Lisa Beatman
Steve Glines
Felino Soriano
Jennifer LeBlanc
Lolita Paiewonsky
Jane Chakravarthy
Rodrigo V. Dela Peña Jr.
Todd Heldt
Stephanie Anderson
F. John Sharp

Wilderness House Literary Review ‐ The best of Volume 3
ISBN: 978‐0‐557‐11078‐0
The book will be available from Amazon.com and from directly from the
publisher at http://tinyurl.com/l935bu

What Americans Can Learn From Gypsy Culture

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:36:00 +0000

Littleton Massachusetts – September 9 2009 – Wilderness House Literary Review is pleased to announce a one hour lecture by noted Gypsy (Roma) scholar Sonia Meyer at 7:00 P. M. on October 14 2009 at the Out of the Blue Gallery in Cambridge Massachusetts. Tickets are $5.00 at the door.

Sonia Meyer will speak about the Roma (Gypsy) culture and what we can learn from them in this high tech, money-worshipping society. She hopes the audience will look inside the Gypsies self-exiled world, and come to realize that their freedom is available to all of us.

Sonia Meyer was born in Cologne, Germany in 1938 and spent her formative years living in the woods among partisan and Gypsy fighters during WWII. She has been fascinated by Gypsies, or the Roma people ever since becoming a self-educated scholar of Roma (Gypsy) culture.

Meyer, who may indeed be part Gypsy herself has been intrigued by the freedom, the art, and the celebration of magic and mysticism of the Roma people. She encountered them throughout her travels in Europe, and struck up fascinating conversations with these enigmatic vagabonds. She lived much of her life like a Gypsy, moving from city to city across Europe, and eventually landing in the states. In Geneva she worked with Jewish refugees, she spent time with the Bedouins in the Negev desert, eventually moving to the States.

In the narrow and winding stacks of the Widener Library at Harvard she discovered a translation by Matteo Maximoff, Russian Gypsy, which concerned Russian nomadic Gypsies. She visited him, and traveled to Macedonia to visit the so-called “Queen of the Gypsies,” and lived with a family in the Gypsy section of Skopje where the Gypsies were well off.

She is the author of a novel to be published in the Summer of 2010. “Dosha” is about a Gypsy girl. The novel spans her childhood spent with Russian partisans in Polish forests to her defection during Khrushchev’s visit to Helsinki on June 6, 1957. “Dosha” will be published by Wilderness House Press (www.wildernesshousepress.com) and will be excerpted in the spring issue of Wilderness House Literary Review (www.whlreview.com ). For further information see www.soniameyer.com.

For further information contact Steve Glines (sglines@industrialmyth.com ) 978-800-1625 – Industrial Myth & Magic (www.industrialmyth.com ) is a public relations firm specializing in literary persona and events.

DEER & Other Stories

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:52:00 +0000

(For Immediate Release – September 2009) DEER & Other Stories is a luminous debut fiction collection that burns darkly. The deer that populate these 11 stories, whether real deer or imagined, made of skin and blood and bone, used as plastic lawn ornaments, even a wire stage prop, pad in and out of the character’s lives as mirror-images reflecting all the beauty, splendor and fear both species engender.

· In The Grass Eye a boy is sent to live at his grandparents’ crumbling Italian villa after his mother has a breakdown, where he meets a German boy he suspects of being a Nazi.

· Within You Without You tells the story of a woman who had once been part of an entourage that traveled to India with the Beatles.

· A psychiatrist in Help, battling his obsession with a former patient, mythologizes her into strange incarnations.

· On leave from Vietnam, a soldier in Remember Hardy is tormented by visions of deer starving over the Long Island winter.

More Praise for Deer & Other Stories ~

SusanTepper notices more detail at breakfast than most of us do all day, and her stories brim with surprise thanks to her characters’ immersion in what it means to live.

—Mark Wisniewski, Confessions of a Polish Used Car Salesman

In each of these accomplished stories an enigmatic deer appears… we are struck by the craft of Susan Tepper’s writing, her embrace of eccentricity, the beauty and the warts, and the seamless intermingling of the lightness and darkness of being.—Doug Holder, Boston Small Press Scene

Susan Tepper… has written a collection of short stories as quirky as her life so far... and the deer in the title appears in the stories as a kind of leitmotif… suddenly darting into your path, to haunt the story…— Saul Friedman, NEWSDAY

The stories in DEER are terrific, many remind me of Hemingway’s “In Our Time”: the woods, the war, the indirection... —Robert Viscusi, Astoria (American Book Award)

WILDERNESS HOUSE PRESS

Steve Glines, Publisher 145 Foster Street, Littleton MA (952) 633-3460
Or www.susantepper.com
Publication date: OCTOBER, 2009 ISBN 978-0-578-02479-0
Fiction, $16.95 INGRAM

LOCAL AUTHOR INSTRUCTS READERS ON “HOW TO TRAIN A ROCK”

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:09:00 +0000

With interest in his novel (“Or So It Seems”) still on the rise, local author Paul Steven Stone introduced his newest book, “How To Train A Rock”, a collection of 'short insights and fiction flights' culled from over 20 years of Stone’s irreverent and quirky newspaper column, “A Stone’s Throw”.

According to Stone, each of the fifty pieces in the book is a well-crafted, highly polished gem. From hilarious mock ads for ‘The Law Offices Of Paul Steven Stone” to laugh-out-loud takes on Boston sports fans, automated answering systems and the over-exposed public lives of ladies named Paris and Britney, Stone’s commentaries are often funny, occasionally profound and always creative.

As one early reader said, “Stone knows how to surprise the reader with twist endings, unexpected points of view and more narrative styles than a roomful of writers. You will laugh, you may cry, and most certainly you will be delighted.”

“How To Train A Rock” can be ordered on Amazon.com, and will soon be available in bookstores in Cambridge, MA. To read excerpts from “How To Train A Rock” go to the author’s blog at OrSoItSeemsStone.blogspot.com.

Paul Steven Stone is a longtime veteran of the New England advertising community. At one time, part owner of Baldwin & Stone, the Harvard Square-based ad agency he co-helmed for 14 years, he now works as Director of Advertising for W.B. Mason, the company for whom he developed the tagline “Who But W.B. Mason!”

You can learn more about Paul Steven Stone by checking out his web site at PaulStevenStone.com, or OrSoItSeems.info, as well as Stone’s blog (OrSoItSeemsStone.blogspot.com).

Cervena Barva Press Announces A New Poetry Chapbook "Opuscula" by Steve Glines

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:38:00 +0000

Steve Glines, in addition to being the editor of Wilderness House Literary Review, is an essayist, journalist, storyteller, occasional poet and bon vivant. His motto is, "The best is barely good enough." Steve has published six books, only one of which might be considered even remotely "literary," a travelogue about Fiji. He has been published in Ibbetson Review, The Belmont Citizen, The Littleton Independent, Unix Review, Technology Review, The Boston Globe, The New York Times and The Hartford Current among others. He has never been published in The Paris Review, The Antioch Review, Crazyhorse, The Atlantic Monthly or The Kenyon Review. To these awesome credentials it should be added that he has never received a McArthur Award nor been nominated for a Pulitzer or Pushcart Prize. Still, for some reason, people like what he writes and, on occasion, even pay him for it.

Order online at http://www.thelostbookshelf.com/index.html#Steve Glines

Opuscula
$7.00

Shipping
$3.00

Total
$10.00

Send check or money order payable to:
Cervena Barva Press
P.O. Box 440357,
W. Somerville, MA 02144-3222
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THE BOSTON NATIONAL POETRY MONTH FESTIVAL - Now In Its Successful NINTH!!! Year

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:47:00 +0000

THE BOSTON NATIONAL POETRY MONTH FESTIVAL

Boston Massachusetts - March 31, 2009 - CO-SPONSORS: Tapestry of Voices & Kaji Aso Studio in partnership with the Boston Public Library, SAVE the DATE, Saturday, April 4th 10:00 A.M.- 4:45 P.M. OPEN MIKE: 1:30 to 4:00 P.M. The Festival will be held at the library's main branch in Copley Square. FREE ADMISSION

53 Major and Emerging poets will each do a ten minute reading; ALSO Featuring six extraordinarily talented prize winning high school students: Dianna Willard & Joshua Mejia from Boston Latin High School; Yolanda Cruz, Peter Li & Yamira Serret: Boston Arts Academy; Gabriella Fee: Walnut Hill School for the Arts. These student stars will open the Festival at 10:00 A.M. SAM CORNISH, Boston's current and first Poet Laureate will open the formal part of the Festival at 11:00 A.M. 52 additional major and emerging poets will follow with a POETRY MARATHON.

Some of the many luminaries include SAM CORNISH, Diana Der Hovanessian, Richard Wollman, Jennifer Barber, Afaa M. Weaver, Barbara Helfgott-Hyett, Dan Tobin, Ellen Steinbaum, Charles Coe, Ryk McIntyre, Elizabeth McKim, Regie O'Gibson, Kate Finnegan, Michael Bialis, Gary Tucker, (Kaji Aso Studio), Marc Widershien, Sandee Story, CD Collins, Marc Goldfinger, Diana
Saenz, Stuart Peterfreund, Valerie Lawson, Joseph DeRoche, Frannie Lindsay, Ifeanyi Menkiti, Dick Lourie , Mark Pawlak, Lainie Senechal, Harris Gardner, Joanna Nealon, Susan Donnelly, Irene Koronas, Doug Holder and a Plethora of other prize winning poets.

This Festival has it all: Professional published poets, celebrities, numerous prize winners, student participation, OPEN MIKE. Even more, it is about community, neighborhoods, diversity, Boston, and Massachusetts. This popular tradition is one of the largest events in Boston's Contribution to National Poetry Month. FREE ADMISSION !!!

FOR INFORMATION: Tapestry of Voices: 617-306-9484 or 617-723-3716 Library: 617-536-5400

Wheelchair accessible. Assistive listening devices available. To request a sign language interpreter, or for other special needs, call 617-536-7855(TTY) at least two weeks before the program date.

Wilderness House Literary Review announces nominations for the 2008 Pushcart Prize

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:24:00 +0000

Littleton Massachusetts (November 19, 2008) - Wilderness House Literary Review (www.whlreview.com) is pleased to nominate the following
literary works for the 2008 Pushcart Prize. We feel they represent the
best poetry and fiction we have published this year.

For poetry we nominate:

“Claire De Lune” by Robert K. Johnson
“A threesome of Philosophers Will Always end in an Argument”
by Michael Amado
“Where you were a vagrant” by Lo Galluccio

For fiction we nominate:

“What if” by DeWitt Henry
“Intruder” by William Giraldi
“Bandal House” by Anish Majumdar

Wilderness House Literary Review Volume 3, number three released online

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:58:00 +0000

LITTLETON, MA – October 12 2008 – The Wilderness House Literary Review committee is pleased to announce that Volume 3 number 3 has been released on the Web. This edition of www.WHLReview.com includes works of fiction by John Hanson Mitchell as well as short fiction by Denis Emorine, Jessica Keener, Jim Parks and Shannon O'Connor. As well as essays by Charles F. Campbell, Irene Koronas, Ashley Taylor, Doug Holder and Steve Glines and poetry by A. D. Winan, Chris Crittenden, Eric Greinke, Howard Good, Howard LeeKilby, Jackie Biederman, John Hildebidle, John Thomas Clark, Kathleen Haskard, Lawrence Kessenich, Lo Galluccio, Lyn Lifshin, Michael Amado, Peycho Kane, Raymond Diandrea, Robert K. Johnson, Shannon O'Connor, Sherry O'Keefe, and Susan Tepper.

Wilderness House Literary Review has compared favorably by the Boston Globe to Ploughshares, the literary magazine from Emerson College. WHLR is a result of the collaboration between a group of poets and writers who call themselves the Bagel Bards, Industrial Myth and the Wilderness House Literary Retreat. The Wilderness House Literary Retreat is supported by the Rotary Club of Littleton Massachusetts.

WHLReview.com is sponsored by Industrial Myth and Magic. Industrial Myth is a Public Relations firm based in Littleton Massachusetts. Industrial Myth maintains a practice specializing in literary properties. It’s not good enough to just have a better mousetrap--you need a more compelling story. It’s not just advertising, it’s not just marketing, it’s not just product design … it’s everything. It’s an industrial myth and that’s magic. See www.industrialmyth.com.

Contact Steve Glines, sglines@industrialmyth.com, 978-633-3460

The Season Of Love by Flavia Cosma

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:25:00 +0000

Cervena Barva Press is pleased to announce the publication of"The Season Of Love"by Flavia Cosma

Flavia Cosma is an award winning Romanian-born Canadian poet, author and translator. She has published thirteen books of poetry, a novel, a travel memoir and three books for children. Her book, 47 Poems, (Texas Tech Press) received the ALTA Richard Wilbur Poetry in Translation Prize. Červená Barva Press published her chapbook, Gothic Calligraphy and will be publishing her newest collection, Songs at the Aegean Sea.

"Once again in The Season of Love, Flavia Cosma offers us those momentary glimpses and sensations briefly felt and viewed which hide and yet reveal the testament of life. Through the transient sensations of reality, the poet lures her readership deep into the mystic world of her eternity. Each poem serves to lead the reader through the pain, suffering and loneliness of life while searching for truth's hidden mysteries which serve to make life meaningful and beautiful, yet remain to be discovered in that continual renewal and rebirth of life."
David Mills, poet and critic
Toronto, Canada

"One of prevailing themes in Flavia Cosma's poetry is love, but not as a banal, run-of-the mill experience. Instead, it has the elemental intensity of natural phenomena, which best picture both the breakdown of feelings and the undying hope. And that's where the poet places her wise optimism."
Dr. Irena Harasimowicz-Zarzecka
PHD Philology, University of Bucharest, Romania
Toronto, Canada

Order online at http://www.thelostbookshelf.com/index.html#TheSeasonofLove

The Season Of Love
by Flavia Cosma
$15.00 + $3.00 S/H
89 pages, paper
ISBN: 978-0-615-20097-2
Publication Date: July 2008

For information contact:
Gloria Mindock
Cervena Barva Press, Somerville, MA
Email: editor@cervenabarvapress.com

Summer 2008 issue of Wilderness House Literary Review released

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:11:00 +0000

Wilderness House Literary Review is pleased to announce the release of Volume 3 Number 2 online. The issue can be read at http://www.whlreview.com

This exciting issue contains essays by Hugh Fox, Doug Holder, Paul Hawkins and Elizabeth Glines.

As well as fiction by Anne Brudevold, John Hanson Mitchell, Anish Majumdar, Jamie Lin, Nathan Leslie, Rohith Sundaraman and William Giraldi.

The issue also includes poetry by:

a.k. huseby
Anthony G. Bernstein
Eric S. Adamson
Felino Soriano
Gu Xie
Jane Chakravarthy
Jeanpaul Ferro
Jennifer LeBlanc
Lolita Paiewonsky
Lorian Brown
Lyn Lifshin
Nanette Rayman Rivera
Peter Fulton
Reagan Barna

Wilderness House Literary Review has compared favorably by Boston Globe to Ploughshares, the literary magazine from Emerson College. WHLR is a result of the collaboration between a group of poets and writers who call themselves the Bagel Bards, Industrial Myth and the Wilderness House Literary Retreat. The Wilderness House Literary Retreat is supported by the Rotary Club of Littleton Massachusetts.

WHLReview.com is sponsored by Industrial Myth and Magic. Industrial Myth is a Public Relations firm based in Littleton Massachusetts. Industrial Myth maintains a practice specializing in literary properties. It’s not good enough to just have a better mousetrap--you need a more compelling story. It’s not just advertising, it’s not just marketing, it’s not just product design … it’s everything. It’s an industrial myth and that’s magic. See http://www.industrialmyth.com

Contact Steve Glines, sglines@industrialmyth.com, 978-633-3460

The Man in the Booth in the Midtown Tunnel

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:22:00 +0000

Cervena Barva Press is pleased to announce the publication of
"The Man in the Booth in the Midtown Tunnel"
by Doug Holder

For years that image of the man in a small plastic booth in the fume-
filled Midtown Tunnel that connects Queens to Manhattan in NYC
haunted me. As a kid traveling into the city from the sheltered,
well-manicured lawns of Long Island to the enigmatic, cosmopolitan
world of Manhattan, I couldn't help but wonder about that blue-
uniformed lone figure pacing the perimeter of his plastic cage. I
think he represented to some extent my fear of the world outside the
comforts of my family, and the staid, small town I lived in,
Rockville Centre.

I have always admired writers like the New Yorker's Joseph Mitchell,
who wrote about the outsiders, the denizens of the old Bowery, the
ner-do-wells, the poseurs, the dandies, and the stumblebums, who
make the city a both fascinating and frightened place. I always
wondered as a kid if I would wind up in the middle of a metaphorical
tunnel, a man in a cage, looking for the light. And I guess to some
extent we all do in one-way or the other, whether we like it or not.

So I thought this image would be a perfect focal point for my poetry
collection, a sort of "Spoon River Anthology" that would consist of
character studies of the many men and women I have met, watched and
imagined in my time across this stage. I include myself in this
collection, because I have always identified with that man and I see
his ghost wherever I roam.
Doug Holder

Order online at Lulu.com: http://www.lulu.com/content/2651312

"Aside from being the founder, publisher, and co-editor of the
prestigious and influential Ibbetson Street Press, Doug Holder
writes poetry with a passion and insight that deserves prestige and
influence all its own."
S. Craig Renfoe, Jr., Main Street Rag

"Holder's work is rich with textual imagery… a master poet who sees
the world clearly and shares that vision generously with readers.
Laurel Johnson, Midwest Book Review

"A great poet and a Boston legend."
Joe Gouveia, host of "Poet's Corner," Provincetown radio

"I don't think I send you kudos enough because I take your magical
perceptions of the ordinary, your unique take on the everyday, as
something you do time and time again always in surprising ways....
from toilet to pay phones, to the fluid connection to all things
human is utterly Doug Holder and there isn't anyone out there
remotely doing what you do so beautifully...so dryly and always with
human regard."
-Linda Larson, former editor-in-chief of Spare Change News

Wilderness House Literary Review and ISCSPress editors and authors are named Cambridge Massachusetts Poet Populist finalists.

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:38:00 +0000

The editors of ISCSpress would like to extend their congratulations to members of our community who have been named Cambridge Poet Populist finalists. The Cambridge Poet Populist is an informal office for a local poet, chosen by the people to represent poetry for the City of Cambridge.

The Poet Populist will facilitate the creation and appreciation of poetry throughout the city for all residents of Cambridge. The Poet Populist will maintain a schedule of public appearances throughout their one-year term in the position. The Cambridge City Council will award $1,000 for the first year.

Our finalists friends are:

Irene Koronas, is the poetry editor of Wilderness House Literary Review (whlreview.com) and author of "self portrait drawn from many," Ibbetson Street Press, Somerville MA, 2007, http://www.lulu.com/content/929148. ISCSPress had the pleasure of designing this book.

Molly Lynn Watt, is the editor of the annual "Bagel Bard Anthology," designed and published by ISCSpress, Volume 1, http://www.lulu.com/content/261048. Volume 2, http://www.lulu.com/content/729666. Molly is also the author of "Shadow People," Ibbetson Street Press, Somerville MA, 2007, http://www.lulu.com/content/596300. ISCSpress designed this book.

Philip Burnham, Jr., is the author of "A Careful Scattering," Červená Barva Press, Somerville MA, 2007, http://www.lulu.com/content/1214473. ISCSpress designed this book.

Deborah Priestly designed the cover of the Bagel Bard Anthology # 1, edited by Molly Lynn Watt and published by ISCSpress.

Wilderness House Literary Review has published Diana DerHovanessian, another finalist. Kudos goes to the remaining finalists as well, Richard Cambridge, Denise Bergman and Jean Dany Joachim. We will make an endeavor to include them in future editions of the Wilderness House Literary Review.

ISCSPress is an author and publishers service bureau. ISCSpress performs all the functions of a publisher on an a la carte basis:

· Editorial: including developmental editing, ghost writing, copyediting.

· Production: including book design, copyright, ISBN and CIP registration, printer brokerage (both conventional and POD), warehousing and fulfillment.

· Marketing: including pitching to editors, publishers and authors agents, marketing campaigns to bookstores and unconventional outlets, placing reviews, author and book publicity & promotion, arranging book signing tours, web site development and book club promotion.

ISCSpress associates have written, edited, designed and promoted hundreds of books over the past few years. ISCSpress can be found on the web at www.ISCSpress.com. ISCSpress publishes the Wilderness House Literary Review (www.WHLReview.com).

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MEDIA CONTACT: Steve Glines, sglines@industrialmyth.com, 978-633-3460

Industrial Myth & Magic and ISCSpress announce a new venue for promoting literary events: LiteraryPR.com

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:53:00 +0000

LITTLETON, MA – October 28 2007 - ISCSpress and Industrial Myth & Magic are pleased to announce a new service for consolidating and broadcasting literary press releases. Press releases for literary events tend to get lost amid the general clutter and noise of modern life. The new press release website, www.LiteraryPR.com, will enable semi-automated press release distribution and consolidation through a web interface.

“We noticed that press releases from small presses were getting lost in the noise,” said Steve Glines, Creative Director at Industrial Myth, “and most small publishers and authors shy away from conventional publicity outlets because of cost and the overwhelming dominance of Corporate Publishing.” “We created literarypr.com as a way to help promote our publishing clients and lesser known authors,” said Doug Holder, Editor and Director of Marketing at ISCSpress. “We believe that the next generation of exciting writers and poets will be found among the smaller publishers and self-published authors,” Holder continued, “This venue is for them.”

ISCSPress is an author and publishers service bureau. ISCSpress performs all the functions of a publisher on an a la carte basis:

· Editorial: including developmental editing, ghost writing, copyediting.

· Production: including book design, copyright, ISBN and CIP registration, printer brokerage (both conventional and POD), warehousing and fulfillment.

ISCSpress associates have written, edited, designed and promoted hundreds of books over the past few years. ISCSpress can be found on the web at www.ISCSpress.com.

Industrial Myth is a PR and marketing firm based in Littleton Massachusetts. Industrial Myth maintains a practice specializing in small business, emerging technology and publishing. At Industrial Myth it’s our mission to tell an intriguing story that will resonate with your customers and draw them to you, your company and your products. It’s not good enough to just have a better mousetrap--you need a more compelling story. You need a story that will be told and retold. It’s not just advertising, it’s not just marketing, it’s not just corporate design … it’s everything. It’s an industrial myth and that’s magic. See www.industrialmyth.com

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MEDIA CONTACT: Steve Glines, sglines@industrialmyth.com, 978-633-3460

Editors and writers create and perform in 24-hour theater

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:55:00 +0000

Editors and writers create and perform in 24-hour theater

LITTLETON, MA . October 19 2007 . Steve Glines, Editor-in-chief at ISCSpress, and several members of the ISCSPress staff participated in bringing Guaranteed Overnight Theater (GOT) to Boston over the weekend of September 21-22 2007.
GOT brings together theater artists to create theater literally overnight. Playwrights, directors, and actors are teamed on Friday evening, commissioned to create a short play that will be rehearsed and refined through Saturday, and performed live on Saturday night!
This Philadelphia phenomenon has been an ongoing delight to playwrights, actors and the theater going public for over 10 years. It.s a combination of improvisational theater and tag-team writing. Writers, directors and actors appeared at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education on Friday September 21 and begin writing a series of short plays. At 3:00 PM on Saturday rehearsals begin and the plays were performed at 8:00 PM that evening.
.It was the most fun I.ve had in years,. Said Steve Glines, editor-in-chief of ISCSPress. Gloria Mindock, editor of the .ervenÃ¡arva Press imprint said, .I.m thrilled to be participating in live theater again.. Mr Glines went on to say that he expected to sponsor another GOT event in January.
ISCSPress is an author and publishers service bureau. ISCSpress performs all the functions of a publisher on an a la carte basis:

- Editorial: including developmental editing, ghost writing, copyediting.
- Production: including book design, copyright, ISBN and CIP registration, printer brokerage (both conventional and POD), warehousing and fulfillment.
- Marketing: including pitching to editors, publishers and authors agents, marketing campaigns to bookstores and unconventional outlets, placing reviews, author and book publicity & promotion, arranging book signing tours, web site development and book club promotion.

ISCSpress associates have written, edited, designed and promoted hundreds of books over the past few years. ISCSpress can be found on the web at www.ISCSpress.com.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Steve Glines, sglines@industrialmyth.com, (978) 633-3460

Summary: Top editors at ISCSPress participated in Guaranteed Over Night Theater in Boston over the 24 hours of September 21 . 22.

Keywords: authors, books, concept development, book design, editorial, marketing, print production, project management, book promotion, book publish, publisher, reviews, service bureau, writer, Steve Glines, Gloria Mindock, iscspress, .ervenÃ¡arva Press

Industrial Myth & Magic publishes a viral marketing how-to white paper

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Glines) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:58:00 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Industrial Myth & Magic publishes a viral marketing how-to white paper

LITTLETON, MA — Oct 18 2007 — Industrial Myth & Magic announces the release of a white paper titled "How to start a Viral Marketing Campaign."

It's the dream of every marketer: to create a marketing environment that is self-perpetuating and inexpensive. Viral marketing is the latest "magic marketing bullet" promising to transform a dud into a winner. There are companies that will hire hoards of teenage girls to shill some new product in the hope that it will take off through simple word of mouth. "Oh Buffy, look at my new toy, squeal, squeal." Campaigns like this rarely work for teenage-centric products and not at all for industrial or commercial goods. But viral marketing actually works, if it's done right.

"Creating buzz around a product can be lots of fun when you understand why people respond," said Steve Glines, Creative Director at Industrial Myth & Magic, "Without a good story a product might as well be invisible. With a good story a product comes to life and will be treated like an old friend. It will be talked about and the story passed around. Bringing a product to life is what viral marketing is all about."

The white paper includes details of all the necessary components of a viral marketing campaign as well as detailed instructions on how to craft a viral press release. To download the white paper go to www.industrialmyth.com.

Industrial Myth is a cooperative collection of poets, playwrights, novelists, freelance journalists and an assortment of fine and commercial artists who know when to think out of the box. At Industrial Myth & Magic our mission is to tell an intriguing story that will resonate with your customers and draw them to you, your company and your products. It's not good enough to state the obvious, you need a more compelling story, a story that will be told and retold. It's not just advertising, it's not just marketing, it's not just corporate design, it's the creation of an industrial myth and that's magic. See www.industrialmyth.com.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Steve Glines, sglines@industrialmyth.com, (978) 633-3460

Summary: Industrial Myth & Magic releases viral marketing how-to with instructions including details of the necessary components of a viral marketing campaign and detailed instructions on how to craft a viral press release.

Keywords: advertising, marketing, PR, Press release, viral marketing, word-of-mouth marketing, conspiracy marketing