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Jay MillAr

Coming Soon

Woods | Pages, Jay MillAr’s new collection, furthers his exploration of the natural world, which those familiar with his work will recall from Mycological Studies (Coach House, 2002) and False Maps and Other Creatures (Nightwood, 2005). But what can words do that the leaf can’t, that the tree’s crackle can’t? Here, on these pages, is a fine and meditative stoicism.

 

SuspendedSuspended

Kate Hall

Now Available

Imagine that you're hungry, perhaps scratching your head, half asleep. You have an irresistible craving for chilpote-lime mustard and it's way past midnight. Too many questions are ringing in your head, such as "What are all these Elephants doing in my apartment?"

Our first release of 2008, Kate Hall's collection is a playful yet philosophical contemplation of the natural (and not-so-natural) world around us...

 

Residual residual

Souvankham Thammavongsa

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Good news indeed: Souvankham Thammavongsa's residual brought in our 4th consecutive national book design award. More...

 

Those Girls Those Girls

Jessica Westhead

All Gone

Now out of print, Jessica Westhead's debut collection of short stories, Those Girls, explores modern suburban life with pathos, wit and razor-sharp dialogue.

 

Life, Still & OtherwiseLife, Still & Otherwise

Sina Queyras

None Left

From "The Boys of Smith Street" to "The Meat Painter," Queyras captures moments assembled in eerily beautiful tableaux vivants. Descriptive and rich, each piece in this new collection comes to life in the reader's mind.

 

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