Continuum: The Jaco Poems


Book Description

The life of Jaco Pastorius, the master of the bass guitar, was brilliant and turbulent. But it is possible to see, using the title of one of his most famous compositions, a continuum to his life that is mirrored by the continuum of these poems, which celebrate the maestro's musical genius while puzzling and sorrowing over the maladies that led to his early decline and death. And now, 25 years after his death, the up and down rollercoaster has brought his legacy back to the forefront of the musical world, and he is once again one of the few musicians known everywhere on the planet by one name: Jaco.




The Red Wheelbarrow Poem of the Week 2016


Book Description

The Red Wheelbarrow Poets Poetry Workshop has been producing top-rate poetry at various locations in Rutherford, NJ for the last ten years. The book represents the work of poets both local and cosmopolitan. The poems can be free verse, confessional, formal, even haiku and sonnets, but one thing they share in common is that they pay close attention to the dictum of famed Rutherford poet William Carlos Williams: Look for the live language. You'll find it in the work of JOHN BARRALE, MILTON EHRLICH, MARK FOGARTY, RICHARD GREENE, CLAUDIA SEREA, ZORIDA MOHAMMED, ANTON YAKOVLEV, JANET KOLSTEIN, WAYNE L. MILLER and BOB MURKEN.




The Red Wheelbarrow 9


Book Description

The Red Wheelbarrow 9 continues the tradition of poetic excellence associated with Rutherford, NJ, hometown of major American poet William Carlos Williams. The Red Wheelbarrow Poets continue to attract the best of local poets and others drawn to the flame of modern 21st Century versifying. The RWP runs an ongoing weekly poetry workshop (it has been ongoing for ten years now) and monthly readings at both the Williams Center and GainVille Cafe in Rutherford. Participants in those three events are eligible for inclusion in the anthology, and this year we have nearly 50 poets and writers in a book that is bursting at the seams with poetry, prose and art. May the tribe increase!




The Red Wheelbarrow 11


Book Description

A special edition of The Red Wheelbarrow 11, which should be of interest to anyone who is published in the paperback edition! This hardcover edition is the perfect gift or keepsake for any of the four dozen poets in its pages. The featured poet is Jim Klein, editor of The Red Wheelbarrow and leader of the Red Wheelbarrow Poets' weekly poetry workshop.




The Red Wheelbarrow 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE


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It's hard to believe, but it has been ten years for The Red Wheelbarrow, the Rutherford, NJ anthology that has done so much to boost the poetry of the tri-state region and create a nexus of poetic energy around the birthplace of famed poet Dr. William Carlos Williams. This is our biggest and best book to date, bursting with poetry, prose and artwork and epitomizing Williams' beliefs that a poem is a machine made of words and the epic is the local fully realized.Since Williams was a baby doctor we often get asked if we were delivered by Dr. Williams. Our answer? Not yet, but we're getting there!




AND TWO!


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AND TWO! If it's March it is time for March Madness and an anthology of three novels set in women's basketball's favorite month. Mark Fogarty's exciting and funny work is on display in the trilogy: "ALL THAT'S BEST OF TRUE AND RIGHT," "ALL THAT'S BEST OF BLACK AND WHITE," "and "ALL THAT"S BEST OF STAND AND FIGHT." In the first novel, Nick Johnson thinks it's a demotion to be named to be coaching a Division III college WBB team, but finds out differently. In the second, the U.S. women's national team learns a lot about itself and America as they chase a world title and must decide what it is they are playing for. In the third, Nick coaches a girls AAU team that is scraping along the bottom of the league until it is time for the playoffs.




And One!


Book Description

If it's March, it's March Madness! And One! collects three of Mark Fogarty's exciting, funny women's basketball novels: "ALL THAT'S BEST OF DARK AND BRIGHT," "ALL THAT'S BEST OF DAY AND NIGHT," and "ALL THAT'S BEST OF WINTER LIGHT." See the University of Monroe Metrics vie for a national title, solve the mystery of who has stolen their trophy, and try the Ice Cream Strategy when more conventional strategies fail. The end of winter isn't quite so bad when it is enlivened by winning young players on a very winning team, vying for glory during March Madness.




The Red Wheelbarrow 8


Book Description

The Red Wheelbarrow Poets have staked a claim to one of the most valuable pieces of poetic ground in the country, Rutherford, NJ and the legacy of Rutherford's poet/physician William Carlos Williams. Each year for the past eight the group has produced an annual collection of the best poetry (and prose) from this lively and vibrant community. This year's Featured poet is Don Zirilli, who has also contributed four essays on Williams he has delivered at RWP readings in the past year.




All That's Best of Stand and Fight


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The sixth installment of the "All That's Best" novels about women's basketball finds Nick Johnson asked to take over a failing girls WBB team as his wife, Dee, prepares to take her Monroe Metrics to Spokane for the ACAA tournament. On Nick's team, the Liberty, you will meet his rebellious daughter Bit, Candy, who has to overcome her hardscrabble life to get on the path to a college athletic scholarship, Weather, whose mother W.A. Nick has also coached and Dream, a non-playing player. Dead last in the league, they manage to rise to seventh, a dreary record that is salvaged when the league decides all teams will play in the league tournament. Meanwhile Dee, back from Spokane, gets to work preparing for this year's Metrics Hall of Fame installation, which doesn't go exactly as planned. Get ready to laugh and cry as you read this final installment of the ALL THAT'S BEST series!




The Tall Women's Dance


Book Description

The beautiful world of women's basketball is the stage of THE TALL WOMEN'S DANCE. Inside its pages you will meet such gifted athletes as Elena Delle Donne, Brittney Griner, Becky Hammon, Jude Schimmel, Cappie Pondexter, Candice Wiggins and many more. And what better way to describe poetry in motion than by poetry? The women's game is fire and ice!