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Parallel Press Parallel Press, an imprint of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, publishes print and dig

Many of Parallel Press' publications are the result of collaborations with the UW campus community and represent an ongoing commitment by the Libraries to scholarly communication as a contribution to the Wisconsin Idea and in support of the outreach mission of the university.

05/15/2014

Just a head's up that things will be a little quiet around here for a bit, as we are doing some restructuring in the Parallel Press offices--a.k.a. our student assistant (me) is graduating! :) If you need anything in the meantime, don't hesitate to email Lis Owens at [email protected]. It has been nice sharing your stories and promoting all things poetry. Keep spreading the good word, poets and poetry aficionados!

05/14/2014
Verse Wisconsin Celebration June 29, 1-4 p.m. Olbrich Gardens

Hey, poetry and Verse Wisconsin fans! Be sure to save the date for this upcoming event on June 29 1-4pm at Olbrich Gardens. Among other things, there will be readings, an author book swap, a used poetry book giveaway, and CAKE! Click the link below for info.
http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b6b97cc6370400d9cd01966c5&id=1b7bde55b1&e=dcf39d81a2

Verse Wisconsin published its last of 14 print & online issues in April 2014! (An anthology of prose from issues 100-114 is still forthcoming in the Fall.) While we've heard from some that you're sad to see it end, we're grateful to poets & supporters to have been able to produce this independent, hybrid magazine for 5 years, and we'd like to celebrate with you!

05/07/2014

Looking for something to do tomorrow? Head to Mystery to Me bookstore 7:00-9:00pm to hear Parallel Press poets Katrin Talbot, Evie Robillard, and Robin Chapman read new work!

05/06/2014

We are pleased to announce that Tom Erickson's poetry chapbook, The Lawyer Who Died in The Courthouse Bathroom (Parallel Press, 2013), received second place in the 2014 Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Contest for chapbooks by Wisconsin authors published in 2013. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor, Tom!

05/02/2014

Best of luck to Caroline Collins who will be doing a reading and signing at an art gallery at the Center for Art and Rehabilitative Energies in Shellman, Georgia. Way to spread the healing power of poetry!

04/30/2014

"Farewell, National Poetry Month!" (But not really, because EVERY month is Poetry Month in our book). Caroline Collins, we hope you don't mind that we shared this nice photo of you lovingly showing off your poetry chapbook, Presences. :)

04/29/2014

It's almost the end of April, but it's not too late to celebrate National Poetry Month! How about stopping by the Parallel Press poetry display on the 2nd floor of Memorial Library? (And on your way in, you can play with some of the magnetic poetry in the entrance!)

04/25/2014

This Sunday, Parallel Press author Maxine Silverman will be reading from her poetry chapbook, Transport of the Aim, a garland of poems on the lives of Emily Dickinson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Celia Thaxter. The reading will be 1:30-3:30pm on Sunday April 27th as part of the "Sundays at the J with George and Friends" in Tarrytown, NY. We'll be thinking of you, Maxine!

04/23/2014

Good vibes going out to Caroline Collins today as she'll be doing her first reading/signing tonight at Andrew College's Pitts Library for her poetry chapbook, Presences. Best of luck, Caroline!

04/22/2014
The Quivering Pen: My First Time: Heather Corbally Bryant

Here's some National Poetry Month inspiration for you... Heather Corbally Bryant writes about her "first time" (submitting a poem, that is). What was yours like?

http://www.davidabramsbooks.blogspot.com/2014/04/my-first-time-heather-corbally-bryant.html

Speaking of Heather Corbally Bryant, check out Verse Wisconsin's lovely review of her Parallel Press chapbook, Lottery Ticket. Go, Heather! http://versewisconsin.org/Issue113/reviews/bryant.html

Just now I can feel that little quivering of the pen which has always foreshadowed the happy delivery of a good book. --Emile Zola

04/16/2014
Dallas Crow Poetry Reading

Shout out to Parallel Press poet Dallas Crow! He'll be reading from Small, Imperfect Paradise tomorrow at 7:30pm at Monkey See Monkey Read in Northfield, MN. If you're in the area, stop by and check it out!
http://monkeyread.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/dallas-crow-poetry-reading/

Dallas Crow and Rob Hardy will give a poetry reading Thursday, April 17, 7:30 pm. In Small, Imperfect Paradise, Dallas Crow unflinchingly explores themes of love, s*x, growing up, and growin...

04/08/2014
Check out this project on power2give.org.

Here's an excuse to take a ride in a Green Cab starting in May!

HYBRID is an installation of poetry from 43 poets (several of which are our very own Parallel Press poets!!) combined with photographic images by Thomas Ferrella. There are 41 pieces and one will be installed in each of the Toyota Prius cabs owned by the Green Cab Co of Madison WI. Poetry curation by Sara Parrell.

http://power2give.org/DaneArts/Project/Detail?projectId=2620

I just saw this project on power2give.org. Pass it on! .

04/02/2014

Happy National Poetry Month!!! :-)

03/25/2014
http://www.chazen.wisc.edu/visit/events-calendar/event/bridge-poetry-series-changing-hands-art-witho

Free this Thursday evening? Come to the Chazen Museum of Art and hear Wisconsin poets read original poems inspired by artworks in the exhibition, Changing Hands: Art Without Reservations 3--Contemporary Native North American Art from the Northeast and Southeast.

More information here: http://www.chazen.wisc.edu/visit/events-calendar/event/bridge-poetry-series-changing-hands-art-without-reservation-3/

03/05/2014
Poet and author Maxine Silverman to share her latest work Mar 7, 7PM: Art Round Town

Maxine Silverman, author of our latest poetry chapbook Transport of the Aim, will be giving two readings this Friday, March 7 in Portsmouth, NH at the Discover Portsmouth Center. Portsmouth is Celia Thaxter's home town, who just so happens to be the subject of some of the poems in Transport of the Aim! The Center's current exhibit is "Flowers in Winter," color photographs of Celia Thaxter's restored garden, and Maxine will be reading in the Academy Gallery surrounded by the photographs. Sounds absolutely lovely!

http://www.portsmouthhistory.org/poet-and-author-maxine-silverman-to-share-her-latest-work-mar-7-art-round-town/

We Tell Portsmouth Stories Hailing from the Hudson Valley of New York, award-winning poet and author Maxine Silverman will be on hand for a book signing, reading excerpts from her newly published book: Transport of the Aim , a garland of poems on the lives of Celia Thaxter, Emily Dickinson, Thomas W...

03/04/2014
Michael Dennis: Small, Imperfect Paradise - Dallas Crow

Dallas Crow's Parallel Press chapbook Small, Imperfect Paradise got some attention on poetry reviewer Michael Dennis's blog this weekend. Dennis describes the chapbook as "an emotional rollercoaster," and says, "We get brief glimpses of a happy world but in short order the wheels come off and the poems paint the collapse of a family. The redemption for the reader is in the quality of the poems."

Click the link for the full review! http://michaeldennispoet.blogspot.ca/2014/03/small-imperfect-paradise-dallas-crow.html

02/25/2014
Poetry & Pi(e) | wisconsinacademy.org

Poetry + pie = an awesome way to spend "Pi Day" (March 14... 3.14... Get it?).

Wisconsin Poet Laureate (and one of the original Parallel Press poets!) Max Garland is hosting a poetry reading, featuring readings by two more amazing PP poets, Cathryn Cofell and Susan Elbe. Coffee and homemade pie will be served.

Visit the link below for registration info--A limited number of spaces are available.
http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/events/poetry-pie

A special poetry reading hosted by Wisconsin Poet Laureate Max GarlandFriday, March 14, 2014 - 5:00pm to 7:00pmLocationWisconsin Academy Steenbock Center 1922 University Ave. 53726Madison, WIJoin us for a poetry reading hosted by Wisconsin Poet Laureate Max Garland, featuring readings by Cathryn Cof...

02/19/2014
UW Press: A Kind of Dream

Have you heard the news? Parallel Press author Kelly Cherry has a new book coming out with UW Press! Though it is technically not out until May 1, you can save by pre-ordering from Amazon.

“A Kind of Dream’s interlinked stories are about five generations of a family whose members are musicians, painters, writers, and actors. Cherry shows us ourselves and our world in surprising and beautiful ways.”
—Dwight Allen, author of The Green Suit

http://www.uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5330.htm

“Kelly Cherry has a charged intellect that enlivens whatever it lights on. In A Kind of Dream she achieves a moment of transcendence that is rare in American fiction. I have a suspicion it may be a great book.” —David R. Slavitt, author of The Duke’s Man

02/18/2014
Silverman - Poetry - Parallel Press - UW-Madison Libraries

Look at our pretty new chapbook by Maxine Silverman! Transport of the Aim: A garland of poetry on the lives of Emily Dickinson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Celia Thaxter. Read more about it here: http://parallelpress.library.wisc.edu/poetry/titles/author.shtml?Silverman

During her life, Celia Thaxter (1835-1894) was one of the most celebrated writers of her time, while Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was known only to a small cherished group of family and friends. The two women never met, but would have been known to each other through Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a lea...

02/12/2014

Lots of *love* going out to Heather Corbally Bryant this Friday (Valentine's Day!) as she'll be reading at the Southern Regional Meeting of the American Conference on Irish Studies in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Best wishes to you, Heather!

01/17/2014

Heather Corbally Bryant, author of Lottery Ticket (Parallel Press, 2013), will be doing a reading next Thursday, January 23, 2013 at the Red Weather Poetry Series at Penn State. Warm wishes for a happy event, Heather!

01/14/2014
Forge » Review: Night Watch by Mark Belair

Congratulations to Parallel Press poet Mark Belair! His latest chapbook, Night Watch (Finishing Line Press), was recently reviewed by Tim McLafferty in the Forge Journal. In McLafferty's words, "...[Belair] paints, films, and sings, in equal measure, to create an intimate and genuine contemporary American poetry." Visit the link below for the full review.

http://forgejournal.com/forge/2014/01/08/review-night-watch-by-mark-belair/

Night Watch, Mark Belair’slatest chapbook, must have been difficult to write indeed, as in it, he has rendered his mother’s death, burial, and its aftermath in a suite of 19 poems. These poems have certainly been composed in three movements, acts, or galleries, as there is rhythm, drama, form, and i...

01/08/2014

Calling all poets! Interested in contributing to a photography/poetry collaboration? Thomas Ferrella and Sara Parrell are looking for submissions of poetry for HYBRID: TRANSPORTED BY WORD & IMAGE.
Send them your poems or micro-fiction in response to the notion of HYBRID--connection, fusion, adaptation, and all the webs this word weaves in an ever-changing and increasingly complex world. Reinvent and take new roads through old territory.

They’ll choose and pair at least 36 of the submissions with a photographic image, printed in an 11” x 14” format to be placed in Green Cab of Madison taxis (all Toyota Prius hybrids) from May to October 2014.

Given the physical limitations of the project, 26 lines (poetry) and 360 words (micro-fiction) maximums are encouraged. A catalog of the full body of work will be available for sale, and cabs will be featuring the HYBIRD project on their LED cab-top lights.

An award from the City of Madison Arts Commission will provide each poet and writer with a small honorarium.

Submissions due by February 1, place "HYBRID SUBMISSION" in subject line and send to: [email protected]
Notification of acceptance by March 1.
Thomas Ferrella, photographer, co-curator
Sara Parrell, poet and writer, co-curator
Previous photography/poetry collaboration:
http://www.ferrella.com/photography_borderland.html

01/07/2014

We are delighted to read reviews provided by our Goodreads giveaway winners! Tina gave The Formal Impulse by John Pidgeon 4 out of 5 stars, called it "creative and smart" and said she recommends it for everyone. We're getting the warm and fuzzies over here! :)

01/02/2014
Submission Calendar for Writing Contests, Grants, and Awards Calendar | Poets and Writers

Happy New Year, everyone! If one of your resolutions is to submit more work for consideration this year, check out this handy submission calendar from Poets & Writers. It helps you search for opportunities and schedule your submissions to writing contests, grants, and other literary awards. Pretty nifty, huh?

http://www.pw.org/submission_calendar/2014-01

A calendar view of upcoming deadlines for writing contests, writing grants, and literary awards for Calendar | Poets and Writers

12/30/2013
Books

We love reading good reviews of Parallel Press chapbooks! Here's one from the Fall/Winter 2013 issue of Whistling Shade, calling Dallas Crow's chapbook, Small Imperfect Paradise, "an unlikely page-turner."

http://www.whistlingshade.com/1302/chapbooks.htm

Dallas Crow’s first chapbook, Small, Imperfect Paradise (Parallel Press), is laid out like a time line of the poet’s life. Beginning with adolescent angst and Springsteen epigraphs, the poems quickly grow literary legs, and by page 9 are allud­ing to Hamlet and Prufrock in a Wallace Stevens parody t...

12/27/2013

Season's greetings, Parallel Press followers! We hope your holiday was joyful and rejuvenating, and wish you a very happy and healthy 2014.

12/17/2013
Best Books for Writers | Poets and Writers

Need last minute gift ideas for those writers in your life? (Or for yourself?) Check out this archive of Best Books for Writers from Poets & Writers!

http://www.pw.org/best-books-for-writers

The author provides three hundred sixty-six inspirational and practical tips—one for each day of the year—that explore how to integrate writing into one’s everyday life and how to stay creatively focused on the craft of writing.

12/05/2013
An Evening With Poe TRAILER

University Theatre's performance of An Evening With Poe will "...chill you to the bone and leave you in suspense." Sounds fantastically creepy! Running December 4-8, 2013. Click the link for more info!

An Evening with Poe Masters of Fine Arts Students and Senior Acting students explore the rich macabre and mystery of Edgar Allen Poe in this theatrical event. Bringing…

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