Bottom Dog Press, Inc.
813 Seneca Ave.
Huron, OH 44839
ph: 4196021556
fax: 419-616-3966
alt: 419-602-1556
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Begun in 1975 to recognize excellence
in Black American Writers
*Our Paul Laurence Dunbar Series was founded by co-editor David Shevin
Titles in the Series
Dunbar: Sons andDaughters
Epicurus’ Dominion
Deborah EllenStokes
&
Galileo’s Suns
Herbert Woodward Martin
Escape to the Promised Land: Poems
Herbert Woodward Martin
On the Flyleaf: Poems
Herbert Woodward Martin
An Unmistakable Shade of Red
& The Obama Chronicles
Mary E. Weems
I Reckon: Haiku and Haibun.
Francis Wesley Alexander
the warm apartment
a thick layer of snow
on the mailbox
On the Flyleaf
Poems
Herbert Woodward Martin
The ingenious conversational mode of On the Flyleaf yields many variations of style and mood, yet Herb Martin’s wit and wonder shine through them all. Martin is as generous as any poet I know, and this book is exacting, troubling, and exhilarating in its tracings of the human predicaments that force us to “believe in the catastrophe of love.” ~Jeff Gundy author of Spoken Among the Trees
It isn't easy to write with a gentle voice that's also stiletto sharp, but Herb Martin has done it here. He is a national treasure. On the Flyleaf is filled with gems, ones you'll want to share with loved ones. ~Ralph Keyes, author of The Courage to Write
"Martin once again shows his virtuosity as a poet with a wonderfully tuned ear and a command of the rhythmic line....The poems throughout show the spirit of a poet at work with his losses and loves, and the result is a book of deeply human and poetical power." ~Len Roberts
An Unmistakable Shade of Red
& The Obama Chronicles
An Unmistakable Shade of Red is the bomb. I found so many moments, so many moods, so many insights. Yours is the voice of compassion, of elegant rage. It is country but urban-wise. -Lamont B. Steptoe
Here is a voice of America singing, Mary E. Weems is a poet laureate of Cleveland Heights, but also of Ohio, the Midwest, and America. Her relentless journeys into the truth of experience make her a spokesperson for us all. As Patricia smith says, "In this deftly crafted collection--defiantly rooted in the real world--Mary Weems' stanzas manage to be both tight and explosive, concise and wildly lyrical. She brings an enviable experience to the page, an experience fueled by unerring focus and a knowledge of just what it takes to jolt a reader out of complacency."
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Bottom Dog Press, Inc.
813 Seneca Ave.
Huron, OH 44839
ph: 4196021556
fax: 419-616-3966
alt: 419-602-1556
Lsmithdo