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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.5pt'>The project reunites old
friends and pillars of the poetry community<br>
</span></i></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt'>For Immediate Release <br>
<b>Contact: Anne Driscoll 781.592.5651 <u><span style='color:#0000FB'>anne.driscoll@verizon.net<br>
</span></u></b><br>
CAMBRIDGE - Kathleen Spivack, a Fulbright professor in Paris, Pulitzer nominee,
author and international writing coach, Ifeanyi Menkiti,, owner of the Grolier
Poetry Book Shop, the oldest continuous bookshop devoted solely to poetry in
the country and Karyll Klopp, an illustrator and designer who founded the
poetry publisher Pomegranate Press, are longtime friends whose deep roots in
the poetry tradition of Boston date back to the late 60s when they hand-
printed the work of poets like Archibald MacLeish in the basement of Lamont
Library at Harvard. Their latest collaboration is Kathleen Spivack’s newest
collection of poetry <i>Moments of Past Happiness</i> edited by Menkiti,
designed by Klopp, published by Earthwinds Editions Press and to be released at
a book launch on November 10, 2007, from 2:30-5:30 pm at The Democracy Center,
45 Mt. Auburn St. Cambridge, MA 02138. <br>
<br>
Spivack, a friend and student of Robert Lowell who has written about workshop
members Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath, has been hailed by Stanley Kunitz as a
poet whose own work is “rich in feeling and texture, compassionately aware and
vividly articulated.” This newest collection is Spivack’s sixth book and
a return to the small independent press poetry tradition of Eliot and Pound.
“I’m thrilled to be working with old friends on this new project that takes us
all back to our poetry roots,” says Spivack. “We’ve had our share of hard
times. But somehow, throughout the decades, we’ve believed in our work as well
as that of other artists and managed to keep on creating.”<br>
Klopp<br>
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</span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>*********************************<br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><br>
</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt'>Just a note to thank you for sharing a <i>Moment
of <b><u>Present</u> </b>Happiness </i>with me.<br>
<br>
My new book, <b>Moments of Past Happiness,</b> is out and oh, I hope you like
it! It makes a nice affordable gift, is selling quickly ---and
has already been nominated for some things. I’m available for
readings, classes, and so forth too. It’s been great working with old friends;
Ifeanyi Menkiti, the editor of this new press, and Karyl Klopp, a
world class designer. <br>
<br>
We hope independent poetry bookstores -- and small presses— and literary
writers and readers -- survive. It’s in all our interests. There’s are so
many threads to the rich tapestry— (or knotted tangle!)-- of the writing life.
Thank you again for sharing it with me: it means everything.<br>
All best wishes for your work as well;<br>
Kathleen <br>
-<b>Kathleen Spivack. 53 Spruce Street .Watertown, MA, 02472. USA .Tel:
(617)<br>
926-1637. <u><span style='color:#0000FD'>kspivack@earthlink.net</span></u>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><br>
Order Info:<br>
$16.50 color/illus. + shipping</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt'> <b>charges<br>
</b>************************** <br>
<b>www.grolierpoetrybookshop.org <u><span style='color:#0000FD'>grolierpoetry@verizon.net</span></u>
Tel: 617-547-4648<br>
www.earthwindseditions.com <u><span
style='color:#0000FD'>karyl@earthwindseditions.com</span> </u>Tel:
617-889-0253<br>
www. spdbooks.org <u><span style='color:#0000FD'>spd@spdbooks.org</span>
</u></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><br>
Here are some early reactions from poets I admire.....<br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>“Those of us who know and love
Kathleen and her work have been waiting for years for this new collection of
poems. Please support this new venture from Grolier Books, and Kathleen, and
order this collection of poems for yourself and everyone on your holiday gift
list! The poems speak to us all, in a voice that's courageous and
direct and warm and deeply human.”</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <br>
</span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>Cecilia Woloch</span></b><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <br>
<b><br>
</b></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'>“ I was thrilled to receive the book
from Grolier’s yesterday evening. It’s a delight...and I’m enjoying it
immensely. The conception is brilliant. “My Man Quilt” is a gem—and
there are many fine others I haven’t gone through carefully yet. Each
poem is a discovery. Thank you for writing this extraordinary book. “<br>
<b>D. H. Melhem, Ph.D. </b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><br>
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