Bottom Dog Press, Inc.
Bottom Dog Press, Inc.
PO Box 425
Huron, OH 44839
fax: 419-616-3966
alt: 419-433-3573
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Bottom Dog Press/ PO Box 425/ Huron, Ohio 44839
Phone:419-433-3573 / Fax. 419-616-3966 /
E-Mail :[email protected]
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Most of our books are also available as Kindle books from Amazon.
# Books Marked with # Nominated for Pushcart Prize
Best of the Small Presses 2017
* Books Recommended by US Review of Books
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Just Released
(as book and kindle)
Harmony Memoir Series
Earnest Occupations: Teaching, Writing
Gardening, & Other Local Work
Richard Hague
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In our Lauging Buddha Series
The Record of Kosho the Toad
by Robert Tremmel
[Zen Poems to Awaken You ]
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In our Harmony Fiction Series
Pieces by Mary Ann McGuigan
A Composite Novel
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In the Harmony Pocket Poetry Series
# Crows in the Jukebox: Poems
by Mike James
New in Appalachian Fiction Series
# 26 Stories by 26 fine writers (Out May 15th)
Edited by Julia Watts and Larry Smith
New in Harmony Series
# Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker
In Memoir Series 216 Pages
# A House for Last Year's Summer
New in Harmony Poetry Series
112 pgs. $16
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# The Thick of Thin by Larry Smith
Book Trailer for Thick of Thin
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# Cold Air Return: A Novel
by Patrick O'Keeffe
Now in paperback, hard cover, and kindle editions
# Flesh and Stones:
Field Notes from a Finite World
* # Waiting to Begin: A Memoir
by Patricia O'Donnell
# And Waking...Poems by Kevin Casey
# Jeanne Bryner's New Book of Poems
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Appalachian Fiction Series
A Small Room with Trouble on My Mind
and Other Stories
by Michael Henson
Brown Bottle: A Novel
by Sheldon Lee Compton
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From Bird Dog Publishing (Imprint)
Symphonia Judaica: Jewish Symphony
and Other Poems
by Joel Rudinger
Drone String: Poems
by Sherry Cook Stanforth
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Voices from the Appalachian Coalfields
Mike and Ruth Yarrow
Photographs by Douglas Yarrow
The poems and photographs in Voices from the Appalachian Coalfields remind us of the resilience and beauty of the human voice, especially the unheard voices of those whose labor we rely on. —John Bradley, Rain Taxi Review, Spring 2016.
Abandoned Homeland: Poems
Jeff Gundy
Early Review of Abandoned Homeland
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Appalachia Now
Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia
Photo from back cover by Brian Smith
Salvatore and Maria: Finding Paradise
Biography by Paul L. Gentile
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Wanted: Good Family
A Novel by Joseph G. Anthony
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Early Review of Wanted: Good Family
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Jack's Memoirs: Off the Road
A Novel by Kurt Landefeld
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Daughters of the Grasslands: A Memoir
by Mary Woster Haug
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Photography of Brian J. Smith
By Special Arrangement with Artichoke Press
in a week we will be carrying this new book
of images of Kenneth Patchen and his work
by Jonathan Clark
[Click on book to order]
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By special arrangement we are carrying these books
for our West Coast Ally
good deed rain
go with the flow: A Tribute to Clyde Sanborn
The poet and artist Robert Sund is a Pacific Northwest legend. This book is an inspired biography comprised of stories, memories, poetry, photography and artwork by those who knew him. The book is also filled with previously unpublished and uncollected works by Sund. A tribute to a life committed to poetry, calligraphy, art and friendship with writers such as William Carlos Williams, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder, Robert Bly, and a host of Pacifiic Northwest poets and artists.
240 pages...$20
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Recent Titles
Gifted and Talented: A Novel by Julia Watts
Lake Winds: Poems
by Larry Smith
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New Video of "Fishing the Lake" from this book.
And Your Bird Can Sing: Fictions by Robert Miltner
Story Hour And Other Stories by Robert Flanagan
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An Act of Courage: Selected Poems of Mort Krahling
Echo: Poems by Christina Lovin
Waiting at the Dead End Diner
by Rebecca Schumejda
A book of poems that reads like a novel.
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"This collection is eminently enjoyable, acutely perceptive,
and deserves to be widely read." -David Caddy
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Bottom Dog Press History
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& for more information.
*Many of our titles are now available as Kindle Books
through our Bookshop on Amazon.com
Fall Releases
The Stolen Child: A Novel
by Suzanne Kelly
&
On the Flyleaf: Poems
Herbert Woodward Martin
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The Harmonist at Nightfall: Poems of Indiana
by Shari Wagner
Sky Under the Roof: Poems by Hilda Downer
More Titles
Words Walk: Poems by Ronald M. Ruble
Painting Bridges: A Novel by Patricia Averbach
Ariadne and Other Poems by Ingrid Swanberg
Word Walk: Poems by Ronald M. Ruble
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New Revised and Expanded Second Edition
Back in Print after 5 years.
Smith has revised this essential biography of one of America's
most forecful writers. 20 new photos, expanded and revised text.
322 pages in hard cover and signed.
Click for more details
The Curve of the World:
Into the Spiritual Heart of Yoga
A Memoir by Andy Douglas
Fiction by Allen Frost
Bird Dog Publishing
New Book of Poems by Marc Harshman
Poet Laureate of West Virginia
Green-Silver and Silent
Poems by Marc Harshman
Breathing the West: Great Basin Poems
by Liane Ellison Norman
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She Who Is Like a Mare:
Poems of Mary Brechenridge
and the Frontier Nursing Service
by Karen Kotrba
Homegoing: A Novel
by Michael Olin-Hitt
Healings. Snake handlers. Stills. Quotes from the Bible. Family feuds. Chicken coops. Speaking in tongues. Indian medicine bags. Laying outs. Intergenerational rivalry. Forty lashes of hot wax. Old-fashioned tent revivals. Michael Olin-Hitt, in The Homegoing, has, with skillful writing and a true knowledge of home, combined the aura of the mid-twentieth-century Appalachia of southern Ohio with the puzzle of a mysterious disappearance and the solving of a family mystery. Read and enjoy.
-- Jane Piirto, author of Saunas and A Location in the Upper Peninsula.
180 pages...$17.00
In New Southerner
Smoke: Poems
by Jeanne Bryner
The poems in Jeanne Bryners Smoke reveal her to be an angel of mercy not only in her work with patients but also in her ability to create poems that comfort and guide us as we face universal fears: sickness, personal and societal abuse, family tragedy, physical pain and emotional longing. Her poems dig deep, reaching what Emily Dickinson called the zero at the bone. - Cortney Davis, author of The Hearts Truth: Essays on the Art of Nurs
96 pgs. $15
A Winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards
MAGGOT: A NOVEL
Robert Flangan's blockbuster novel of
basic training
in our Working Lives Series
Parris Island will make a man of you or break you totally, many have suggested. Flanagan tells the story of the varying shades of possibility in between. These are real people in the hands of this author.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
264 pgs. $17.00
Selected Correspondence of Kenneth Patchen
edited by Allen Frost
Letters to and from:
E.E. Cummings - James T. Farrell - Lawrence Ferlinghetti - James Laughlin- Henry Miller - Miriam Patchen - Kenneth Rexroth -Wallace Stevens - Dylan Thomas - Leon Trotsky - Amos Wilder - Thomas Wolfe - Jasper Wood, and many others others
336 pages with photos and illustrations...
$18 softcover/ $28 hardcover
Review in New York Journal of Books
See Early Write-Up in Outlaw Poetry Newsletter
Larry Smith's New Each Moment All
Limited first edition from March Street Press
Now the book is available from the Bottom Dog Press
Laughing Buddha Series
Broken Collar: A Novel
by Ron Mitchell
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234 pgs. $17
The Pattern Maker's Daughter: Poems
by Sandee Gertz Umbach
90 pages $15
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American Poet: A Novel Wins Michigan
* Winner of the Saginaw Valley State Universitys
Stuart and Vernice Gross Award
for Excellence in Writing by a Michigan Author.
Read a Review in the New York Journal of Books
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The Free Farm: A Novel by Larry Smith
*Nominated for a Pushcart Prize 2011
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The Way-Back Room:
A Memoir of a Childhood in Detroit
by Mary Minock
From Our Appalachian Writing Series
These two books are nominated for Book of the Year
by the Appalachian Writers Association
Richard Hague's Collection of Stories, 216 pages
22 Stories, Yarns, & Tales, rich in character, voice, and landscape.
Review in New York Journal of Books
"The fiction in this collection is as comforting as it is challenging, as familiar as it is surprising, and, in all of the aspects that matter to the serious reader of literature, it is thoroughly satisfying." --Chris Holbrook, author of Upheaval
Sinners of Sanction County
Stories by Charles Dodd White, 160 pgs.
Sinners of Sanction County is one of the best story collections to come out of the American South in recent times. Writing in a spare, poetic style that fairly crackles with energy, Charles Dodd White makes his mark as a major new talent as he masterfully explores the raw beauty and pathos of life among tough people caught in bad situations. With this book, he has nailed the coonskin to the wall.-- Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff
Read Review in New York Journal of Books
Fresh Review in Southern Literary Review
Newest Review in Smoky Mountain News
*Nominated for a Pushcart Prize 2011
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* Designates Books Nominated for The Pushcart Prize
Two New Titles Out Now (click on covers to order)
See Daniel Thompson story in Cleveland Plain Dealer (link)
Two Classics
Photos from the Night Town Reading on Sept. 17th
Youtube of Ray McNiece doing "Train" poem at Night Town with Drumplay
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James Wright's Ohio Film
by Tom Koba and Larry Smith
We are transferring our VHS film series to DVD
and will have this available by March 2011
Link to Order on this page.
Till then enjoy this YouTube segment of the film.
Kenneth Patchen: An Art of Engagement
Till then, enjoy this segment on YouTube
* Tu Fu Comes to America
from March Street Press
Available through us.
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Allen Frost's
* The Mermaid Translation
Church of the Backyard Fire
Poems by Vladimir Swirynsky
See Complete Booklist / Our History
See Poetry Books in Color 25 years
Bottom Dog Press, Inc. is a non-profit literary
dedicated to publishing the best writing & art from the Midwest &
FICTION COLLECTION:
* Degrees of Elevation:
Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia
Edited by Charles Dodd White and Page Seay
Stories by These Writers: Rusty Barnes, Sheldon Lee Compton, Jarrid Deaton, Richard Hague, Silas House, Chris Holbrook, Denton Loving, Mindy Beth Miller, John McManus, Jim Nichols, Valerie Nieman, Chris Offutt, Mark Powell, Ron Rash, Alex Taylor, Crystal Wilkinson, Scott McClanahan186 pgs. $18.00
Great Lakes Novel Contest Winner 2009-2010
Anniversary Edition of Poetry
Bottom Dog Press Poetry Anthology
More than 65 poets from our 91 books
Edited by Laura Smith and Allen Frost
Senior Editor Larry Smith
Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award 2009
Small Press Distribution Site
Family Matters: Poems of Our Families
Our Book Launching of Bottom Dog Press Poetry Anthology
March 8th Village Books, Bellingham, WA
Photos from
Our Reading at the Appalachian Studies Conference
Our Goals & Values:
We believe in a sense of place and person, in writing that reveals through its directness an essential human story. We also support the history and development of Working Class Literature, and we work to provide outlets for that writing and information on that vital art.
We are supported in part by
grants from the Ohio Arts Council
We are members of
Independent Book Publishers Association
IBPA'S MISSION
IBPA’s mission is to lead and serve the independent publishing community by providing advocacy, education and tools for success.
Contacts
Bottom Dog Press/ PO Box 425/ Huron, Ohio 44839
Phone:419-433-3573 / Fax. 419-616-3966 /
E-Mail :[email protected]
Director: Larry Smith.... Associate Editors: David Shevin, Susanna Schwacke, Allen Frost, Ann Smith, others.
Larry Smith Homepage
with list of titles.
Bottom Dog Press, Inc.
PO Box 425
Huron, OH 44839
fax: 419-616-3966
alt: 419-433-3573
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