On February 14th we will have our first themed Open Mic, To Hell With Love, which will explore the dark side of love. Bring your poems and very short fiction (under 1600 words) about rejection, break ups, lonely hearts and twisted love.
If you don’t have anything on the subject, don’t worry, we won’t turn you away.
We will begin with featured reader, Ruth Beck (who may or may not address the subject).
Our featured readers for January 10, 2012 will be Jennifer Lesh and David Cooke. They will be followed by an open mic.
Poet Jennifer Lesh
Poet David Cooke
Stay for open mic. Bring something to read. Come early to sign up and enjoy a bite or brew from Eat.Art.Theater.
Sponsored by The Habit of Rainy Nights Press.
It’s official now. We will be publishing two new books in 2012.
Tentatively scheduled for an April release is Navigation, a book of poetry by Brittney Corrigan which explores themes of family and navigating through life.
Scheduled for the fall is Vines Black Upon Black Leaves, a new book of poetry by RockerFeller Award recipient, Ralph Salisbury.
We will post more detailed information soon.
**** Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be publishing Ralph Salisbury’s novel, Bitten Dust. Instead, we will be offering his book of poetry, Vines Black Upon Black Leaves.
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The Habit of Rainy Nights Press
Portland, Oregon
http://rainynightspress.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17, 2011
The Habit of Rainy Nights Press announced the Fall, 2012 publication of Bitten Dust, a novel by Ralph Salisbury.
Bitten Dust is a powerful anti-war story which follows the life of Lackey York, a mixed-blood Cherokee from his birth at the end of The Great War to the birth of his grandson at the beginning of Desert Storm.
Author Ralph Salisbury
Rockefeller recipient, Ralph Salisbury’s three books of short fiction and ten books of poems evoke his Cherokee-Shawnee-Irish-English-American heritage. His poem “In the Children’s Museum in Nashville” was published in the New Yorker, in 1960, and has attracted some attention as a precursor to the contemporary Native American literary movement.
In selecting his 2000 book RAINBOWS OF STONE as an Oregon Book Award finalist, Maxine Kumin wrote: “Nature in Ralph Salisbury’s conception is a Presence to be addressed… His book deserves a broad audience.”
His most recent books are Blind Pumper at the Well, The Indian Who Bombed Berlin, and Light from a Bullet Hole, poems new and selected, nominated for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize.
The Habit of Rainy Nights Press is an imprint of Elohi Gadugi, an Oregon nonprofit.
The purpose of Elohi Gadugi is promote Indigenous American literature, and to assist new writers who address important social and environmental issues in their work. Founding publishers are Duane Poncy, an enrolled citizen of The Cherokee Nation, and his wife, Patricia J. McLean.
For more information:
Duane Poncy, publisher
tsalagi@elohigadugi.org
503-298-4612
Join us for an evening of poetry and prose at Eat.Art.Theater, Milepost 5’s fine café and performance venue. Featured readers will be Ralph Salisbury, Brittney Corrigan and Jay Thiemeyer.
Stay for open mic. Bring something to read. Come early to sign up and enjoy a bite or brew from Eat.Art.Theater.
Tuesday. October 11, 7:30 pm
E.A.T., NE 81st and Oregon St.
Portland, Oregon
Author Ralph Salisbury
Poet Brittney Corrigan
Jay Thiemeyer
The Habit of Rainy Nights Press will announce its 2012 publishing selections tonight.
The website of authors Duane Poncy and Patricia J. McLean.