For ordering and information, please contact the publisher as to the availability and price of all Cross+Road Press books and broadsides.
Little Bits
of Truth - Susan O'Leary
Women in the Beat, by teacher/writer/student -
practitioner of Eastern ways, Susan O'Leary. A meditative memorandum
(truth and beauty) to the soul of Beat women presented by Cross+Roads
in it's first Broadside Beat #1.
Poems by Dave Etter. A CROSS+ROADS
PRESS CLASSIC selection #1. ("A lively little collection by
a well-known Midwestern poet, but with a different emphasis from
earlier work. Etter fans will be pleased to see the same warmth
and power as ever." - MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE) Limited Supply.
The Autobiography of an Invisible
Artist by Bill Stipe. ("Highly Recommended" - WORMWOOD
REVIEW. "It's an intriguing work, one that will tickle the
imagination of readers the first time and many times after."
- Harris/ADVOCATE)
The Sketchbooks of Emmett Johns. ("Much
of the book is about the creative process... But, struggles or no,
Johns has one brief message: 'Damn! It’s great fun being an
artist!'" - Chan Harris/ADVOCATE)
Short fictions by Mariann Ritzer.
("Ritzer has an unerring feel for the human conditions, particularly
man-woman relationships... another gem from a highly skilled writer."
- Chan Harris/ADVOCATE) Very few copies.
A Poet's Journal by DyAnne Korda.
A unique journal into the life of a poet and the spirited creative
process. Highly recommended for student writers, poets, and writers
who are stuck, looking for new directions. ("She does not write
because she wants to. She writes because she has to." - Chan
Harris/ADVOCATE) A few OUT OF PRINT titles from the Cross+Roads
Press Archives are still available.
A Cross+Roads Press Classic #2. One
of the best and most unique short story writers in the country who
published his first book of stories, MISS AMERICA, with Marion Boyars,
Boston/London. A few OUT OF PRINT titles from the Cross+Roads Press
Archives are still available.
"...another in the series that
will appeal particularly to women... Donna Balfe takes readers through
a year of moods, challenges and reflections." - Harris/ADVOCATE
"The black experiences in Chicago
comes through with spirit… Aunt Janey… gives the lad much
of his fire. She's a black Auntie Mame, and the poet soaks it all
in." - Harris/ADVOCATE
"Koehler's poetry is the narrative
voice of someone who has seen the underbelly of life… has compassion
for others whose lives balance a precarious line." - Gary Busha/WOLFSONG
By Beat & jazz inspired poets (hell-bent and
holy heir apparents of the live word) Al DeGenova and Charlie Rossiter,
writing in time-present their story & poems.
Mariann Ritzer chapbooks How To Fall Out of Love
(Wolfsong Publications) and Once I loved Him Madly (Cross+Roads
Press) ranked in the top ten in Pippistrelle Best of Small Press
Awards. Her essay "On Writing Erotica" won first place
in WRWA's Jade Ring Contest 2000. Her short fiction "Good Friday"
also earned WRWA's Jade Ring in 1999. She has published in Verve,
Other Voices, Rhino, Earth's Daughters, The Great Lakes Poetry Project,
Lonesome Traveller Press, Wisconsin Poets' Calendar and others.
She lives in Hartland, Wisconsin and teaches creative writing at
Waukesha County Technical College.
Edith Nash is a retired educator who spends most
of her time writing poems, short essays and letters to the editor.
She was co-founder and director of Georgetown Day School in Washington,
DC, a parent-owned school of the liberal establishment. Edith is
involved in statewide and local Democratic campaigns and has had
a lifelong involvement with Native American Issues. She lives in
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
Don Skiles lives and works in San Francisco. He
teaches at Chabot College in Hayward, CA. His first book of fiction,
MISS AMERICA AND OTHER STORIES, was nominated for the Hemingway
Prize. Cross+Roads Press published his book of stories, THE JAMES
DEAN JACKET STORY in its American Classics series in 1997. His stories,
poems, and reviews have appeared over the last twenty years in a
wide rage of magazines, newspapers, and journals. He is currently
working on a novel set in Western Pennsylvania in the 1950's, entitled
FOOTBALL.
A Blessing of Trees – Alice D’Alessio
"Wise, beautiful, and thrillingly passionate, the poems in
Alice D’Alessio’s debut chapbook compose a psalter of
praise to the "dark pillars" and "bold mentors"
– the "pious monks" – we live among…"
(Kelly Cherry)
