Another Book: A Collection of Fiction and Poetry from the Faculty and Students of UMASS-Boston
What motivated Temporary Press to publish this particular volume was to get to know a little better the community in which it grows. It’s a pretty cool community. If you’re reading this, you might know some of them. Every author in this anthology has made room in their life for writing. They put their time to it when there were other places to put their time. I like that they’ve done that; I like knowing people who’ve made the choice to write; it makes it easier for us to make that choice.
If this book is celebrating that choice, then maybe it’s a little bit like a party. We like parties, both with people we know and don’t know. These are people we think you as our reader would like to know. And if this book is a party the likes of which we attend, I’m sorry to say you’ll rarely get to know any particular individual too deeply on initial contact—there’s just too much else happening simultaneously. But as you circulate, you’ll get the larger feel of the room in a way that focusing on one person just doesn’t allow for. And the room grows. You discover new friends/artists. And my, what a room! It’s a room we’re proud to invite you into.
If this book is celebrating that choice, then maybe it’s a little bit like a party. We like parties, both with people we know and don’t know. These are people we think you as our reader would like to know. And if this book is a party the likes of which we attend, I’m sorry to say you’ll rarely get to know any particular individual too deeply on initial contact—there’s just too much else happening simultaneously. But as you circulate, you’ll get the larger feel of the room in a way that focusing on one person just doesn’t allow for. And the room grows. You discover new friends/artists. And my, what a room! It’s a room we’re proud to invite you into.
Available May 2009
Cost is ten dollars plus shipping and handling.
No comments:
Post a Comment