Weathered Pages in the News

From the Yakima Herald Republic, 2005 Year in Review Top Local Stories for Entertainment:

http://yakimaherald.com/page/on/28505602127437

Coming soon, calendar of readings.
Happy New Year!

Bundles of Blue

Here’s a brief look at the Blue Begonia Press Catalogue. Works not listed are either out of print of not part of the seasonal specials being offered. The entire catalogue, including rare and out of print titles, will be available soon on the Blue Begonia Press website.

You may buy any of the books individually.
Or you may choose to create your own “Blue Begonia Bundle”.
A few are suggested below, but feel free to mix and match to fit your tastes.

Send your orders to:
Blue Begonia Press 225 South 15th Avenue
Yakima, WA 98902
email: bodeen22@charter.net
Please indicate the special pricing when you order, so we can keep track more easily.

Prices include free shipping and are good until January 31st, 2006:

30% off orders of 3 books.
40% off orders of 4 books.
50% off orders of 5 or more books.

THREE SUGGESTED BUNDLES:

AWARD WINNING BUNDLE—
$25 for any three of the following:

NOW THE DAY IS OVER
by Joan Fiset
ISBN 0-011287-22-1 (paper) $12.95
146 pages 6 x 9
King County Arts Commission Book Award, Selected by Rebecca Brown

SECRET WATERS
by Linda C. Brown
ISBN 0-911287-24-8 (paper) $10.00
64 pages 6 x 9
Publication Award from Artist Trust in Seattle

ESCAPE OF THE BIRD WOMEN
by Linda Andrews
0-911287-25-6 paper $12.00
Washington State Governor’s Award Winner:

STORM
by Judith Skillman
0-911287-26-4 paper $12.00
Winner of Academy of American Poets
Eric Mathieu King Award


SEEKING LIGHT IN EACH DARK ROOM/
BUSCANDO LUZ EN CADA CUARTO OSCURO
Young Latino Voices Anthology
edited by Jim Bodeen
ISBN: 0-911287-48-5 paper 352 pages $15.00
Winner Most Adventuresome Publication, Bumbershoot Book Fair, Seattle 2002

BARDONS CROSSING
by Doug Johnson
ISBN: 0-911287-30-2
Handmade / Handsewn $10.00
Signed. 200 copies
Winner Best Design Book Award Bumbershoot Book Fair, Seattle 1998

BIRD WOMEN BUNDLE—
$25 for any three of the following

ESCAPE OF THE BIRD WOMEN
by Linda Andrews
0-911287-25-6 paper $12.00

NOW THE DAY IS OVER
by Joan Fiset
ISBN 0-011287-22-1 (paper) $12.95
146 pages 6 x 9

CLEARWATER
By Alice Derry
091128723X paper $15.00

SECRET WATERS
by Linda C. Brown
ISBN 0-911287-24-8 (paper) $10.00
64 pages 6 x 9

BEETHOVEN AND THE BIRDS
by Judith Skillman
ISBN 0-911287-19-1 (paper) $11.00
100 pages 6 x 9

STORM
by Judith Skillman
0-911287-26-4 paper $12.00

STILL LIFE IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD
by Gayle Kaune
ISBN 0-911287-17-5 (paper) $11.00
94 pages 6 x 9

WRITERS AND IDEAS, YVCC READING SERIES BUNDLE—
$25 for any three of the following

CONFLUENCE: POEMS OF TOM PIER
by Tom Pier
ISBN: 0-911287-50-7 paper $13.00

THIS GREEN
by Barry Grimes
ISBN 0-911287-15-9 (paper) $10.00
94 pages 6 x 9

ESCAPE OF THE BIRD WOMEN
by Linda Andrews
0-911287-25-6 paper $12.00

EVERYWHERE WAS FAR
by Kevin Miller
0-911287-28-0 paper $13.00

CLEARWATER
By Alice Derry
091128723X paper $15.00

THE BLUE BEGONIA PRESS CATALOGUE





THE LONESOME BEAUTY OF THE MOMENT
by Lee Bassett
ISBN 0-911287-14-0 (paper) 10.00
71 pages 6 x 9

THIS GREEN
by Barry Grimes
ISBN 0-911287-15-9 (paper) $10.00
94 pages 6 x 9

ESCAPE OF THE BIRD WOMEN
by Linda Andrews
0-911287-25-6 paper $12.00

NOW THE DAY IS OVER
by Joan Fiset
ISBN 0-011287-22-1 (paper) $12.95
146 pages 6 x 9

SECRET WATERS
by Linda C. Brown
ISBN 0-911287-24-8 (paper) $10.00
64 pages 6 x 9

BEETHOVEN AND THE BIRDS
by Judith Skillman
ISBN 0-911287-19-1 (paper) $11.00
100 pages 6 x 9

STORM
by Judith Skillman
0-911287-26-4 paper $12.00

STILL LIFE IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD
by Gayle Kaune
ISBN 0-911287-17-5 (paper) $11.00
94 pages 6 x 9

IMPULSE TO LOVE
by Jim Bodeen
0-911287-27-2 paper $13.00

EVERYWHERE WAS FAR
by Kevin Miller
0-911287-28-0 paper $13.00

BLUE BOWL
by Lynn Martin
0-911287-42-6 paper $13.00

THE RESERVOIR
by Dan Peters
0-911287-49-3 paper $14.00

CONFLUENCE: POEMS OF TOM PIER
by Tom Pier
ISBN: 0-911287-50-7 paper $13.00

LOST RIVER MOUNTAIN
by Charles Potts
ISBN: 0-911287-32-9 paper $13.00

KIOT Selected Early Poems 1963-1977
by Charles Potts
0-911287-51-5 paper $10.00

LOVING IN TIME OF WAR
by Jody Aliesan
ISBN 0-911287-31-0 paper $13.00

GRIEF SWEAT
by Jody Aliesan
ISBN: 0-913089-19-2 paper $10.00

LEE BASSETT: THE POEMS 1973-2000
by Lee Bassett
ISBN: 0-911287-34-5 paper $15.00

SEEKING LIGHT IN EACH DARK ROOM/
BUSCANDO LUZ EN CADA CUARTO OSCURO
Young Latino Voices Anthology
edited by Jim Bodeen
ISBN: 0-911287-48-5 paper 352 pages $15.00

FROM THE WORKING SIGNS CHAPBOOK SERIES:

AL HET
by Zev Shanken
0-911287-20-5
Handmade / Handsewn $10.00
Signed.

BARDONS CROSSING
by Doug Johnson
ISBN: 0-911287-30-2
Handmade / Handsewn $10.00
Signed. 200 copies

THE SON WE HAD
by John Willson
0-911287-35-3
Handmade / Handsewn $12.00
Signed. 250 copies

SIFTING THROUGH STONES
by Kristin Henshaw
0-911287-36-1
Handmade / Handsewn $15.00
Signed. 250 copies

A MOUTHPIECE OF THUMBS
by Derek Sheffield
0-911287-38-8
Handmade / Handsewn $15.00

AVIATION
by Catherine Coan
ISBN; 0-911287-39-6
300 copies. Handsewn $15.00

THE TELLING SIGNS
by Susan Moon
0-911287-41-8
Handmade / Handsewn $15.00
315 Numbered & Signed copies

SWEETBRIER
by Judith Skillman
0-911287-44-2
Handmade / Handsewn $15.00
Signed.

LILACS WAITING ON NANCY’S BONNET
by Barbara Thomas
0-911287-45-0
Handmade / Handsewn $15.00
500 copies. Numbered & Signed

SPANISH CROSSES
by Brett Dillahunt
0-911287-46-9
Handmade / Handsewn $15.00
250 copies signed and numbered.

FOURTEEN LINES & THREE STRIKES: SONNETS
by Doug Johnson
0-911287-53-1
Handmade / Handsewn $15.00
Each Cover Original Illustration by poet in an envelope
210 signed and numbered copies.

THIS STEADY PLACE
by Keely Murphy
0-911287-54-X
Handmade / Handsewn $15.00
Signed.

Three Blue Begonia Events in December

Book signing at Inklings Bookshop in Glenwood Square
Saturday December 17th, 1-3pm.

http://www.inklingsbookshop.com
5110 Tieton Drive • Suite 300 • Yakima, WA 509.965.5830 Mon-Sat: 10-9 • Sun: 12-6

Book signing at Oak Hollow Gallery in the Chalet Shopping Center
Sunday December 18th, 1-3pm.
OAK HOLLOW GALLERY — 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. Sundays and evenings by appointment at 5631 Summitview Ave. Call 965-3846

We invite all Weathered Pages contributors to share part of their weekend with Blue Begonia, Inklings and Oak Hollow as we celebrate the book and the holiday season. Drop by and lend a hand as we explain this important work to curious shoppers.

Join Jim, Terry, Dan and Rob around the tables. The events will be a great opportunity to meet your readers, make connections to other poets in the anthology and help us sign several boxes of books.

The current show at Oak Hollow, "Gifts From the Artists' Hands," features jewelry, painting, drawing, pottery, sculpture, weaving, photography, fiber arts and crafts by 55 local and regional artists. It runs through the holiday season.

Working Signs Reading, Tuesday December 20th at 8pm,
hosted by Inkling Bookshop.

Blue Begonia’s chapbook series, Working Signs, is pleased to announce the first reading devoted solely to the work of two outstanding Yakima poets.

Doug Johnson, 14 lines and 3 Strikes, and Keely Murphy, This Steady Place, will be giving a free public reading Tuesday, December 20th at 8pm, hosted by Inklings Bookshop.

This is the first extended chance Yakima will have to hear the work of these incredible writers. (scroll down for early reviews of their work, along with pictures of the authors and their books)

Come spend a cold winter evening with the warmth of the spoken word shared among friends and help Blue Begonia celebrate the accomplishments of these gifted poets.

Weathered Pages Visits the Tri-Cities

Reading and Book Signing:
This Friday, December 2nd,
8-10 pm at the WSU Tri-Cities branch campus.

Featured poets include:
Linda Andrews, Dan Lamberton,
Doug Johnson, and Keely Murphy

The event is also an open mic, so all Weathered Poets are encouraged to come and participate. Please help us by forwarding this link to anyone you think might be interested in this first out-of-town Weathered Pages reading.

Here's a link for directions: WSU-TC Auditorium, 2710 University Dr., Richland, WA 99354 (See map) http://www.tricity.wsu.edu/libarts/la_event.html


Linda Andrews' poems have appeared widely in journals and magazines. She has received the Richard Blessing Award, an Academy of American Poets Prize, and the Ucross Foundation Fellowship. Her book of poems, Escape of the Bird Women, received a 1999 Washington State Governor's Award. She has worked as a speechwriter and editor in the health care field and in this capacity has been published in several professional periodicals, including The New England Journal of Medicine. She teaches English at Walla Walla College.

Dan Lamberton teaches at Walla Walla College. His poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Sojourners, Northern Lights and other journals and anthologies. He has an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Washington.





Doug Johnson is a Ph.D. candidate in educational psychology and is in press with the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. As a high school English teacher he writes poetry on scraps of paper in between teaching, and caring for his family. Besides 14 lines, 3 strikes being his second piece in the Working Signs project he is published recently in Weathered Pages. He loves riding his Harley, playing piano, seeking silence and his angel-Tanya.

Keely Murphy is a writer from the Yakima Valley who has been recognized by Prism, the YVCC Student Arts and Literary Journal, and also by the Allied Arts Council of Yakima County. Most recently published by Blue Begonia Press, her book This Steady Place is a collection of poems in the Working Signs chapbook series.

Scenes from Borders Reading October 22nd

Charles Potts (Kiot, The Portable Potts)
and Gail Pearlman

...we have no maps, but I ask you
to break out of prison, run like hell,
don't stop until you find the truth.
I promise I will ask this.

from "New Year's Promises",
by Gail Pearlman in Weathered Pages

Janelle Howell and Jim Bodeen

What I remember is this:
Your thick fingers folding
over my 5 year-old hand knuckled
like a butter clam
deep in your palm.

from "Moments", by Janelle Howell in WP

Stephen Thomas ("Perspectival" in WP)
and Doug Johnson

I knew then that no one was
braver....You had dealt with all of those
hollow trees longer than I had. You knew that the woman would
get it eventually.

from "Whale Skin", by Doug Johnson in WP.

Walter Schlect, Dustin Becker and the Coles.

Jane Schwab ("Hop Fields, 1944") Kim Nowacki,
and Keely Murphy (This Steady Place)

You worked in fields not your own
dreamed of a six foot reach,
unending twine
circling a globe you'd craft
to shade your family from the August sun.

from "Hop Fields, 1944" by Jane Schwab in WP.

Scenes from Allied Arts Reading

Reading This Saturday

Poetry reading Saturday,
October 22nd
Starting at 7pm
Borders Books,
Union Gap.

Featuring:
Keely Murphy, author of
This Steady Place
Doug Johnson, author of
14 Lines and 3 Strikes
and Charles Potts, most recently author of Kiot
published by Blue Begonia Press and The Portable Potts, published by West End Press

with-
Jim Bodeen, publisher of Blue Begonia Press
Terry Martin
Rob Prout
Dan Peters
and an invitation to read
for all poets featured in Weathered Pages.

Thanks especially to Jeremy Gaulke, whose poem “In the Garden” is featured in Weathered Pages, for setting up this event.

Prout's Parking Lot Poem

From the cars in the lot at the first reading of Weathered Pages, October 9th, 2005.

Book Release, Potluck, Signing, Reading

Weathered Pages: The Poetry Pole

132 poets

“Start the poetry now.” Thomas McGrath

Weathered Pages: Book Release / Potluck / Book Signing / Reading

Sunday, October 9, 2005 ( Allied Arts Center 5000 West Lincoln Avenue Yakima

Schedule:

Potluck on the Picnic Grounds at Allied Arts: Noon to 1:30—Meet each other, sign books, celebrate your work, your way of working, your being in the world. For the poets and their friends and families

Reading 2-5 pm Allied Arts Theatre on the grounds—for the public. Everyone.

The Plan: Yakima Valley Poets to host poets coming in from out of town

Please bring: Salad, Main Dish, Bread or Fruit for 4-6 people

Dessert, coffee, bottled water provided by Allied Arts, Blue Begonia Press and Starbucks


RSVP to Jim Bodeen: Bodeen22@charter.net by Thursday October 6th.

If you need a place to stay, please let Jim know. We’ll find accommodations.
If you would like to host a poet in Yakima, please let Jim know.
And if you have any questions let’s hear them too.

In the hard service of the word. In that spirit.


Directions to Allied Arts Center:
If you are coming into town from Seattle or Ellensburg: after crossing the Selah bridge into Yakima take the 1st exit (Highway 12, Exit to Naches) and then the 40th Ave Exit, stay on 40th until you reach the light on Lincoln. Turn right on Lincoln Ave continuing until you reach Gilbert Park and Allied Arts Gallery.

If you are coming from the South: Take the Nob Hill Exit off I-82, cross over the freeway and stay on Nob Hill until you reach 40th Ave. Turn right on 40th continuing until you reach the light at Lincoln. Turn left on Lincoln Ave, continuing until you reach Gilbert Park and Allied Arts Gallery.

New From Blue Begonia Press

“Man.”
--Rob Wyman
on
This Steady Place, debut poetry from Keely Murphy

14 Lines
3 Strikes

210 different covers

21 poems

All
Doug Johnson

Experimental, Innovative, Improvisational

Blue Begonia Press is proud to announce a return of the Working Signs series of chapbooks. The award-winning series features limited edition, handmade blends of technology and tradition. The books are the result of a collaboration between writers.

This Steady Place, by Keely Murphy, has already had it’s first review. Rob Wyman, a public defender from Seattle, Washington, was handed This Steady Place at Bumbershoot 2005. He was laughing about something when he opened the book. His laugh became a smile. His hand went to his chin and he turned to a serious reading of the first poem.

When he was done, he turned around and said “Man.”

If you ever think there’s nothing new to be said, read Keely Murphy’s debut.

Doug Johnson’s new book, 14 Lines 3 Strikes features 210 different versions of the same book. Each cover has completely original artwork. The entire book is a study in originality and improvisation. The poems are a sequence of jazz sonnets about baseball, teaching, family, art and the arbitrary.

Doug Johnson, one of the creators of the Working Signs series in 1998, is the first poet to have two Working Signs chapbooks. As with his first chapbook, Bardons Crossing, Johnson gives you the envelope and then he pushes it open in your hands. The book is intimate and personal by design.

These are the first two of a new wave of Working Signs.

They are written by two poets from Weathered Pages.

The three books together make a very nice set.

This Steady Place--$15

14 Lines 3 Strikes--$10

They are available, along with Weathered Pages, at Inklings Booksellers and by contacting the press directly at:

Blue Begonia Press
225 South 15th Avenue
Yakima, WA
98902
email: bodeen22@charter.net

Ordering Information

Send your Weathered Pages orders to

Blue Begonia Press
225 South 15th Avenue
Yakima, WA
98902
email: bodeen22@charter.net


$20 (+$5 s/h and tax)
* Special discount for contributors, $11 (+3 s/h/, and tax)

Information for booksellers:
40%, purchaser pays the shipping.

Books will be available for purchase at all readings and events.
They are also available at Inklings Bookstore (www.inklingsbookshop.com) and Borders in Union Gap.

The Book Launch at Oak Hollow

Raul "Torito" Torres: I am Torito, little bull. Now I am a touchy-feely guy. This poem is my way of telling everyone, including my relatives, that I am not totatly disabled because of my blindness. I can still do the things I used to do--and some things, even better.

Keely Murphy, with Walter Schlect: I live in the Yakima Valley, one block away from the Poetry Pole. It is in the center of the city. This is where everything begins. The Pole has arms.


Laurie Kanyer: For when you leave, evil shall not know/ you've walked away.


Jim Bodeen with Peggy Ludwick: Each of these poems has been in the weather. Each poet has trusted a process larger than anything that can be explained....May the poems have more adventures, as William Stafford delighted in saying. May they also find new homes.

Weathered Pages Book Launch in the News

Book Launch Party/ Celebration/ Reception Today
Saturday, Sept. 10
4:00-7:00
Oak Hollow Gallery
5631 Summitview‹Chalet Place (by Starbucks & Wray¹s Thriftway)
Yakima

Oak Hollow Gallery and the Blue Begonia Press are hosting a book launch party at the Gallery's brand new location. The afternoon will include a short introduction to the book, followed by time to meet the authors, hear about how their poems ended up on the pole, and have them sign your book.


Here's the latest on the book from today's Yakima Herald Republic, thanks to another great article from Kim Nowacki.

http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/284198575177913

Weathered Pages Events

Please put the following kick-off events for the book on your calendar. We hope you can join us for these celebrations. Bring your family and friends!


Book Launch Party/ Celebration/ Reception
Saturday, Sept. 10
4:00-7:00
Oak Hollow Gallery
5631 Summitview‹Chalet Place (by Starbucks & Wray¹s Thriftway)
Yakima

Oak Hollow Gallery and the Blue Begonia Press are hosting a book launch party at the Gallery's brand new location. The afternoon will include a short introduction to the book, followed by time to meet the authors, hear about how their poems ended up on the pole, and have them sign your book.

Poetry Reading and Potluck
Sunday, October 9
2:00-5:00
Allied Arts Center
5000 West Lincoln Ave.
Yakima

This will be the first official Weathered Pages poetry reading. After a potluck in the park next to the Allied Arts Center, many poets featured in the anthology (from in and outside the region) will read their work.

Blue Begonia Press Announces Weathered Pages

A six-foot cedar post, the word POETRY carved on both the east and west sides, planted in a garden on a street corner in Yakima, Washington, pushpins stuck in the wood. For ten years, hundreds of people have pinned thousands of poems to the Poetry Pole at Blue Begonia Press. Weathered Pages is a sampling of the work of those who have used the Poetry Pole as a source of inspiration.

This book includes over 200 poems by poets from all corners of the country and from around the world, who have joined poets from Yakima in posting their work. Some contributors are being published here for the first time; others are internationally known. These writers—male and female, young and old, gay and straight, free and incarcerated, Native, Asian, Latino, Anglo and African-American—gather around belief in one of the most democratic, and perhaps most necessary, art forms.

After time in the weather, the pages have been taken down and saved—until now. Poems collected here represent a decade of testimony pinned and flying from a cedar post planted in a garden. They may trigger what you're looking for in your own life. There is room on the Poetry Pole for everybody.