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NEW: Books Marked with #Nominated  for Pushcart Prize

2023: Swimming to Alaska, In Plena Vita--The Full Life, Hope as a Construction, Connections, Baltic Amber in a Chest 

* Books Recommended by US Review of Books

 Note: Click on a book covers to see more and to order.

* Our Most Recent Titles *

In Velvet: New and Selected Poems

by Jeanne Bryner

    

A Midwestern Heart

Poems by John Kropf

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Tiny Songs: Haiku & Meditations

by Terry Hermsen

with Artist Cadine Navarro

Out in April

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# Swimming to Alaska

Poems

 by Doris Jean Lynch

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# Hope as a Construction

New and Selected Poems 

by David J. Adams

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# In Plena Vita ~ The Full Life

Collected Poems

of Timothy Russell

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# Connections: 

Morning Dew: Tanka by Larry Smith

And core & all: haiku by Barbara Sabol

Two fine books in one.

Travis, Texas novel by Gary Harmon

Ride the Wild West

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# Road Kill from R.J. Norgard

A Sidney Reed Mystery Novel 

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 New Titles from Bottom Dog Press

In our Harmony and Appalachian Series

#  Baltic Amber in a Chest: Poems

by Clarissa Jakobsons (Out Jan. 9th)

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#Early Review of Choices

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Pottery Town Blues by Karen Kotrba

# Cycle with us across America in search of Values

in this fine memoir. 

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# Labor Days, Labor Nights: More Stories

by Larry D. Thacker

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# Inside the Flow by Nancy Dunham

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 # The Country Doctor's Wife: Memoir

by Cornelia Cattell Thompson (1898-1982)

edited by Angela Feenerty

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# The Long Way Home by Ron Lands

RECOMMENDED by US Review of Books

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New in our Working Lives Series

# Running for Home: A Novel

by Edward McClelland

"Cross-Country Novel Rife with Teenage Blues" early review

in CityPulse 

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#Mingo Town & Memories by Larry Smith

Hear Larry reading three of the poems here.

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#Yeoman's Work: Poems by Garrett Stack

Yeoman's Work: Poems by Garrett Stack

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 # New in our Memoir Series

Lost and Found in Alaska

[signed copies]

# New in Our Harmony Poetry Series

How to See the World

by Paula J. Lambert

A stunningly real voice...

Click on book cover to pre-order now.

Hear Paula read two of the poems.

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#Quilt Life by Cindy Bosley

Cindy Bosley's long awaited collection.

Hear Cindy read poems from the book.

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#Family Portrait with Scythe

 Stunning and deeply moving 

from James Owens

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Now Available in

Our Appalachian Writing Series

Know our shared history.

40 Patchtown: A Novel

Set in coaltown during 1922 strike.


 Fissures, And Other Stories

by Timothy Dodd

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 Mama's Song: A Novel by P. Shaun Neal

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New in our Paul Laurence Dunbar Series

I Reckon by Francis Wesley Alexander

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From Bird Dog Publishing's

A Sidney Reed Mystery 

Trophy Kill by R. J. Norgard

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The Pears: Poems 

by Larry Smith

Without a Plea: Poems by Jeff Gundy

  Old Brown: Poems by Craig Paulenich

 In the image of abolitionist John Brown

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A Story Treating the South in Reconstruction Period

Racism, Sexism, Justice

 A Wounded Snake: Historical Novel

by Joseph G. Anthony

*Nominated for an Eric Hoffer Historical Fiction Prize

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Travel South through Mexico and South America

in this Memoir of the 1970s

What Burden Do Those Trains Bear Away

A Memoir in Poems

Kathleen S. Burgess

Nominated for Paterson Poetry Prize

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 Taking a Walk in My Animal Hat

Poems by Charlene Fix

Nominated for Paterson Poetry Prize

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Two from Editor Larry Smith

#  Tu Fu Comes to America: A Story in Poems

Larry Smith

Enlarged Edition with 8 new poems

Thoreau's Lost Journal: Poems by Larry Smith

Enlarged Second Edition (8 new poems)

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From Our Harmony Memoir Series

#  Earnest Occupations: Teaching, Writing

Gardening, & Other Local Work

Richard Hague

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In our Lauging Buddha Series

The Record of Kosho the Toad

by Robert Tremmel 

[Zen Poems to Awaken You ]



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In our Harmony Fiction Series

Pieces by Mary Ann McGuigan

A Composite Novel

Review by US Review

New York Journal of Books review

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# Crows in the Jukebox: Poems

by Mike James

New in Appalachian Fiction Series

Unbroken Circle: Stories of Cultural Diversity in the South

# 26 Stories by 26 fine writers

Edited by Julia Watts and Larry Smith

New in Harmony Series

# Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker

In Memoir Series 216 Pages

New in Harmony Poetry Series 

#  A House for Last Year's Summer

112 pgs. $16

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#  The Thick of Thin by Larry Smith

Book Trailer for Thick of Thin

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#  Cold Air Return: A Novel

 by Patrick O'Keeffe

Now in paperback, hard cover, and kindle editions

# Flesh and Stones:
Field Notes from a Finite World

*  # Waiting  to  Begin: A Memoir

by Patricia O'Donnell

# And Waking...Poems by Kevin Casey

# Jeanne Bryner's New Book of Poems

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The poems and photographs in Voices from the Appalachian Coalfields remind us of the resilience and beauty of the human voice, especially the unheard voices of those whose labor we rely on. —John Bradley, Rain Taxi Review, Spring 2016.

Abandoned Homeland: Poems

Jeff Gundy

Early Review of Abandoned Homeland

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Appalachia Now

Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia

Photo from back cover by Brian Smith

Photography of Brian J. Smith

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 By special arrangement we are carrying these books

for our West Coast Ally

good deed rain

 go with the flow: A Tribute to Clyde Sanborn

Link to NYJB review

The poet and artist Robert Sund is a Pacific Northwest legend. This book is an inspired biography comprised of stories, memories, poetry, photography and artwork by those who knew him. The book is also filled with previously unpublished and uncollected works by Sund. A tribute to a life committed to poetry, calligraphy, art and friendship with writers such as William Carlos Williams, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder, Robert Bly, and a host of Pacifiic Northwest poets and artists. 

240 pages...$20

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Recent Titles

Gifted and Talented: A Novel by Julia Watts

Lake Winds: Poems

by Larry Smith

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New Video of "Fishing the Lake" from this book.

And Your Bird Can Sing: Fictions by Robert Miltner

 

Story Hour And Other Stories by Robert Flanagan

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An Act of Courage: Selected Poems of Mort Krahling

 Echo: Poems by Christina Lovin

Waiting at the Dead End Diner

by Rebecca Schumejda

A book of poems that reads like a novel.

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Bottom Dog Press History

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Ariadne and Other Poems by Ingrid Swanberg

Word Walk: Poems by Ronald M. Ruble

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New Revised and Expanded Second Edition

Back in Print after 5 years.

Smith has revised this essential biography of one of America's

most forecful writers.  20 new photos, expanded and revised text.

322 pages in hard cover and signed.

Click for more details

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From our Memoir Series

The Curve of the World:

Into the Spiritual Heart of Yoga

A Memoir by Andy Douglas

Review in Elephant Journal

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Fiction by Allen Frost

Bird Dog Publishing

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From our Appalachian Series

Poetry of Person and Place

New Book of Poems by Marc Harshman

Poet Laureate of West Virginia

Green-Silver and Silent

Poems by Marc Harshman

Breathing the West: Great Basin Poems

by Liane Ellison Norman

Click on Covers to Order

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She Who Is Like a Mare:
Poems of Mary Brechenridge

and the Frontier Nursing Service

by Karen Kotrba

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Smoke: Poems

by Jeanne Bryner

The poems in Jeanne Bryners Smoke reveal her to be an angel of mercy not only in her work with patients but also in her ability to create poems that comfort and guide us as we face universal fears: sickness, personal and societal abuse, family tragedy, physical pain and emotional longing. Her poems dig deep, reaching what Emily Dickinson called the zero at the bone. - Cortney Davis, author of The Hearts Truth: Essays on the Art of Nurs

96 pgs. $15

  A Winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards

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MAGGOT: A NOVEL

Robert Flangan's blockbuster novel of

basic training

in our Working Lives Series

Parris Island will make a man of you or break you totally, many have suggested. Flanagan tells the story of the varying shades of possibility in between. These are real people in the hands of this author.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

264 pgs. $17.00

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 Selected Correspondence of    Kenneth Patchen

edited by Allen Frost

Letters to and from:

E.E. Cummings - James T. Farrell - Lawrence Ferlinghetti - James Laughlin- Henry Miller - Miriam Patchen - Kenneth Rexroth -Wallace Stevens - Dylan Thomas - Leon Trotsky - Amos Wilder - Thomas Wolfe - Jasper Wood, and many others others

336 pages with photos and illustrations...

$18 softcover/ $28 hardcover

Review in New York Journal of Books

See Early Write-Up in Outlaw Poetry Newsletter

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Larry Smith's Each Moment All

Limited first edition from March Street Press

Now the book is available from the Bottom Dog Press

Laughing Buddha Series

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The Free Farm: A Novel by Larry Smith

*Nominated for a Pushcart Prize 2011

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From Our Memoir Series

The Way-Back Room:

A Memoir of a Childhood in Detroit

by Mary Minock

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From Our Appalachian Writing Series

These two books are nominated for Book of the Year

by the Appalachian Writers Association

Richard Hague's Collection of Stories, 216 pages

22 Stories, Yarns, & Tales, rich in character, voice, and landscape.

Review in New York Journal of Books

"The fiction in this collection is as comforting as it is challenging, as familiar as it is surprising, and, in all of the aspects that matter to the serious reader of literature, it is thoroughly satisfying." --Chris Holbrook, author of Upheaval

Sinners of Sanction County

Stories by Charles Dodd White, 160 pgs.

Sinners of Sanction County is one of the best story collections to come out of the American South in recent times. Writing in a spare, poetic style that fairly crackles with energy, Charles Dodd White makes his mark as a major new talent as he masterfully explores the raw beauty and pathos of life among tough people caught in bad situations. With this book, he has nailed the coonskin to the wall.-- Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff

Read Review in New York Journal of Books

Fresh Review in Southern Literary Review

Newest Review in Smoky Mountain News

*Nominated for a Pushcart Prize 2011

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Go to Recent Titles Page to Order

* Designates Books Nominated for The Pushcart Prize

Two New Titles Out Now (click on covers to order)

Two Classics

See Daniel Thompson story in Cleveland Plain Dealer (link)

Photos from the Night Town Reading on Sept. 17th

Youtube of Ray McNiece doing "Train" poem at Night Town with Drumplay

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See Complete Booklist / Our History

Anniversary Edition of Poetry

Bottom Dog Press Poetry Anthology

More than 65 poets from our 91 books
Edited by Laura Smith and Allen Frost
Senior Editor Larry Smith

    



Our Goals &  Values:

 

We believe in a sense of place and person, in writing that reveals through its directness an essential human story. We also support the history and development of Working Class Literature, and we work to provide outlets for that writing and information on that vital art.

We are supported in part by

grants from the Ohio Arts Council

We are members of

Independent Book Publishers Association

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Bottom Dog Press/ PO Box 425/ Huron, Ohio 44839
Phone:419-602-1556 / Fax. 419-616-3966 /
E-Mail :Lsmithdog@smithdocs.net

Director: Larry Smith.... Associate Editors: David Shevin,  Susanna Schwacke, Allen Frost, Ann Smith, others.

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