Rain Taxi Brainstorm Series
The Rain Taxi Brainstorm Series brings you limited edition chapbooks by accomplished writers, each limited to 300 copies or less. Signed editions are still available for many of these fine titles with a tax-deductible donation to Rain Taxi, Inc., a nonprofit organization.
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The Road To Camden
by Kees ’t Hart
translated from the Dutch by Frans Cateau van Rosevelt
A meditation on a journey to Walt Whitman's home.
36 pp., Perfect Bound. Edition limited to 200 copies, $9.00 (includes S&H in the U.S.; Can/Mex adds $1 shipping. For international orders, click on the overseas button which adds $3.00 shipping).
26 Hardcover (black boards with silver stamping) copies are lettered and signed by the author. Signed copies are available with a $250 donation to Rain Taxi. You may make your donation via Paypal using a credit card or bank transfer.
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Published in October 2007.
City Of
by Alice Notley
A dynamic new sequence, never before published, by the prize-winning author of Disobedience.
28 pp., saddle-stitched, printed vellum endpapers. Edition limited to 200 copies, $9.00 (includes S&H in the U.S.; Can/Mex adds $1 shipping. For international orders, click on the overseas button which adds $3.00 shipping).
26 copies are lettered and signed by the author, and each signed copy is accompanied by an original 6" x 9" watercolor by Alice Notley. Signed copies are available with a $250 donation to Rain Taxi. You may make your donation via Paypal using a credit card or bank transfer.
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Published in December 2005.
Revival House
by Donald Revell
Ten riveting new poems weave apocalyptic visions into a cinematic frame of mind, by the winner of the 2004 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for My Mojave.
28 pp., perfect bound, edition limited to 226 copies, $9.00 (includes S&H in the U.S.; Can/Mex adds $1 shipping. For international orders, click on the overseas button which adds $3.00 shipping).
26 are lettered and signed by the author. Signed copies are available with a $100 donation to Rain Taxi. You may make your donation via Paypal using a credit card or bank transfer.
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Published in October 2004.
(X in Fix)
by Dara Wier
Five dazzling poems in a large format chapbook (6.5" by 11") explore interior states of consciousness as they fixate on objects and their words.
24 pp., hand-printed cover, sewn binding, $9.00 (includes S&H in the U.S.; Can/Mex adds $1 shipping. For international orders, click on the overseas button which adds $3.00 shipping).
26 copies, lettered and signed by the author, include a letterpress-printed postcard (also limited to 26 copies) of an additional poem, "Choreography of a Fool's Destiny." This special limited edition is available with a donation of $100 to Rain Taxi. Click
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Published in December 2003.
Dying Trees
by Nathaniel Tarn
In Dying Trees, acclaimed poet and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn brilliantly interweaves poems about political, botanical, and personal cancer; the result is an intensely lyrical suite, sure to rank among the best of Tarn's recent work.
Letterpress cover, Japanese stab binding, 32 pp., edition limited to 200 copies, $9.00 (includes S&H in the U.S.; Can/Mex adds $1 shipping. For international orders, click on the overseas button which adds $3.00 shipping).
26 are lettered and signed by the author. Signed copies are available with a $100 donation to Rain Taxi. You may make your donation via Paypal using a credit card or bank transfer.
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Published in April 2003.
A Little Anthology of Surrealist Poems
translated by Paul Auster
Originally published in 1972, this out-of-print gem is highly sought after by collectors. For this revised edition, Paul Auster has made some changes and added a preface. Featuring work by Artuad, Char, Breton, Éluard, Péret, Aragon, Soupault, Desnos, and Arp.
Sorry, this chapbook is sold out. But signed editions are still available.
26 copies have been lettered and signed by the author, and include a letterpress-printed bookmark (also limited to 26 copies) of a Char poem from the anthology. This special limited edition is available with a donation of $150 to Rain Taxi. You may make your donation via Paypal using a credit card or bank transfer.
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Published in August 2002.
The House of Sara Loo
by Russell Edson
New prose poems from the master of the form! Cover art by the author.
"Edson writes better about the claustrophobia of family than anybody ever has." —James Tate
Sorry—this edition is SOLD OUT. But signed editions are still available.
26 copies have been lettered and signed by the author. A signed copy is available with a donation of $100 to Rain Taxi. You may make your donation via Paypal using a credit card or bank transfer.
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Published in November 2001.
Calendar
by Anne Waldman and Rikki Ducornet
A collaborative work containing twelve broadsides, one for each month of the year, with new poems by Anne Waldman and artwork by Rikki Ducornet.
13 pp, 9" x 14" unbound broadsides, $12 (includes S& H in the U.S.; Can/Mexico button ads $1 shipping. For international orders, click on the overseas button which adds $3.00 shipping).
26 copies have been lettered and signed by the author. A signed copy is available with a $100 donation to Rain Taxi. You may make your donation via Paypal using a credit card or bank transfer.
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Published in November 2000.
Serious Poems
by Kai Nieminen
The first English translation of one of Finland's best-loved contemporary poets, full of sharp insight and generous humor. Translated by poet Anselm Hollo.
40 pp., perfect bound, $7.50 (includes S&H in the U.S.; Can/Mex adds $1 shipping. For international orders, click on the overseas button which adds $3.00 shipping).
26 copies have been lettered and signed by the author. A signed copy is available with a donation of $50 to Rain Taxi. You may make your donation via Paypal using a credit card or bank transfer.
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Published in June 2000.
Police Story
by James Tate
Twenty-one poems of small town life gone berserk from the Pulitzer-prize winning poet.
32 pp., saddle-stitched: Sorry, this chapbook is SOLD OUT.
26 copies were lettered and signed by the author and were accompanied by a handset broadside of an additional poem, "Torture." This special edition is SOLD OUT.
Published in December 1999.
The Switch
by Stephen Dixon
A harrowing tale of one man's effort to see the world through the eyes of his disabled wife, with illustrations by the author.
32 pp. saddle-stitched, $6.50 (includes S&H in the U.S.; Can/Mex adds $1 shipping. For international orders, click on the overseas button which adds $3.00 shipping).
26 copies have been lettered and signed by the author. A signed copy is available with a donation of $50 to Rain Taxi. You may make your donation via Paypal using a credit card or bank transfer.
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Published in February 1999.
Merrill Cove
by Paul Metcalf
Written in the late 1950s while Metcalf resided in North Carolina, this poem-suite has remained unpublished until now. Letterpress cover by Greg Boyd.
28 pp. saddle-stitched, $6.50 (includes S&H in the U.S.; Can/Mex adds $1 shipping. For international orders, click on the overseas button which adds $3.00 shipping).
26 copies have been lettered and signed by the author. A signed copy is available with a donation of $50 to Rain Taxi. You may make your donation via Paypal using a credit card or bank transfer.
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Published in August 1998.
The Aranea Constellation
by Clayton Eshleman
Exploring the relevance of paleolithic cave imagery to 20th century crises, Eshleman here attempts to situate poetry in its oldest and deepest context. With artwork by Irving Petlin.
29 pp. saddle-stitched, $6.50 (includes S&H in the U.S.; Can/Mex adds $1 shipping. For international orders, click on the overseas button which adds $3.00 shipping).
26 copies have been lettered and signed by the author. A signed copy is available with a donation of $50 to Rain Taxi. You may make your donation via Paypal using a credit card or bank transfer.
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Published in March 1998.
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