I’ve been reading Tomas Transtromer’s “Sorrow gondola no. 2″ over and over again recently. If I manage to make time, there might be a short analysis of the poem in the next Salon. Meanwhile here’s the piece it’s based on, and the poem itself over at Blackbird.
Tags: Music, Nobel, Tranströmer
Poet Nick Spengler recently took a break from his work as John Irving’s literary agent in the solitary village of Dorset, Vermont, and returned to the Old North End for the Burlington Free Press, to catch up with Edie Rhoads, her daughter Amina, and me at the neighborhood cafe. I brought along some bookmaking supplies and Nick brought Aylie Baker, a Watson-winning photo- and audio-journalist. Her shots from the session are posted exclusively here at HoneybeePress.org! Thanks to Nick and the Freeps for shinin’ a light on a great new poet.
Edie Rhoads
Bookbinding demonstration
(From left) Robert Mckay, Edie Rhoads, and Nick Spengler in Burlington’s Old North End.
All right, now go buy the book at your local indie bookstore! At ten bucks it’s a steal! Think what the ultra-limited-edition, letterpressed Perros romanticos is worth to Bolaño nuts on eBay now! The Day Bat is so there in thirty years. But buy it now to read it now, repeatedly. Then order a back issue of Salon 3 and read Nick’s fabulous poems there!
Tags: Aylie Baker, Edie Rhoads, News, Nick Spengler, The Day Bat
WELCOME to the online home of Honeybee Press, a writers’ cooperative based in Burlington, Vermont. Since 2010, we’ve published The Salon: New Vermont Writing, a twice-yearly journal of poetry, fiction, essays and plays. To submit to The Salon, take a look at the guidelines.
EDIE RHOADS attended university in Virginia and earned an MFA in poetry from New York University, where she was a New York Times Teaching Fellow working with middle schoolers on the Lower East Side. Now she lives in Vermont, where she studies expressive therapy. Edie's poems have appeared widely in such publications as Post Road, Blackbird, The Salon, and Indiana Review. Her first book, The Day Bat, is made possible in part by a grant from the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Photo by Raychel Severance.
To order The Day Bat, send a $15 check made to Honeybee Press, to our office at 294 N. Winooski Ave, c/o North End Studios, Suite 116 B, Burlington, VT, 05401. This price covers shipping; currently the book is also available at the Crow Bookshop in Burlington for $10, and will be coming to other independent bookstores in the coming weeks. Click here to listen to editor Ben Aleshire
being interviewed on VPR’s Vermont Edition.
The Salon has recently entered into a partnership with Burlington City Arts, which sponsored our release party for Issue #3 on April 7th at the newly renamed BCA Center (the former Firehouse Gallery on Church Street in Burlington, VT). $5 admission included a copy of the newest issue, refreshments, live music by David Symons, and readings by Stephen Cramer, Nicholas Spengler, Joan Aleshire, Tony Magistrale, Sharon Webster, David Moats, Brendan Dempsey, and more.
Read about it in the Burlington Free Press
The goal of Honeybee Press is to produce high-quality local literature and make it more affordable and visible to the public. In addition to The Salon, we are currently developing a book series to celebrate the work of new writers. The first release will be The Day Bat, a book of poems by our associate editor Edie Rhoads. Stay tuned for more information.
Click on the images to learn about our contributors and read sample poems from each issue. Also take a look at Honeybee Press’s Local Literature Library at North End Studio.
SUPPORT
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OFFICES
We share our offices with our friends and benefactors at North End Studio A. The Old North End’s new arts center is located at 294 N. Winooski Ave, on the corner of Archibald St. & N. Winooski Ave. (www.vpal.typepad.com)
