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The Ancient Murrelet Read

Wow, what a crowd. The Literati Bookstore occupies two floors in the building on the corner of Washington and Fourth, in downtown Ann Arbor. It opened its doors to eager book buyers just a week ago. And Friday was the inaugural event. They cleared the floor space in the

See The Ancient Murrelet

The new chapbook of poetry by Keith Taylor is back from the printer, and everybody agrees it looks fabulous. And you can see it too, when Keith gives the inaugural reading at the new!!! bookstore in Ann Arbor on April 5, 2013. The Literati Bookstore is at the corner

The Ancient Murrelet off to the printer

All the t’s have been crossed, the i’s dotted, and the shading of the illustrations made “just so.” Colin O’Brien is completely responsible for getting to “just so,” even as it kept changing. Jill invited Melanie over for a color check of the cover, and The Ancient Murrelet is

Design complete for The Ancient Murrelet

While Jill has been working with Keith on the arrangement of works in his new poetry chapbook, now called The Ancient Murrelet, she has also been working with illustrator Melanie Boyle and book artist/designer Jean Buescher Bartlett. Melanie creates illustrations from graphic papercuts, and also pen and pencil drawings.

New chapbook from Keith Taylor

We are very pleased to announce that we have finalized plans with Keith Taylor, head of the Creative Writing program at University of Michigan, to publish his next book of poetry. This lovely collection reflects on both people and animals who travel through, and sometimes settle in, unfamiliar landscapes.

Article on Alison Swan

The February issue of the Ann Arbor Observer has an article by Keith Taylor about Alison Swan, her poetry and Dog Heart. Read the full text.