Parallel Press releases third book, poetry collection

Parallel Press released “Apparition,” a collection of poems from award-winning Wisconsin author Max Garland.

Parallel Press, created last fall, is an imprint of the UW–Madison General Library System. It specializes in soft-cover chapbooks — small-format, literary works. “Apparition” is the group’s third book.

Garland’s poems discuss childhood ideas of God and love and his adult experiences of pain and passion.

His poems and stories have appeared in collections such as Best American Short Stories, Poetry, and New England Review. Garland was recently awarded a fellowship from the Bush Foundation and has received other awards over the years, including the 1994 Juniper Prize for Poetry. Originally from western Kentucky, Garland is an English professor at UW-Eau Claire.

Parallel Press is also publishing two more books over the next few months. “Sure Knowledge” by Elizabeth Oness will be released in November. Her poems have appeared in magazines such as the Georgia Review, Hudson Review, and Shenandoah. Oness has received numerous awards for her work, including an O. Henry Prize and a Nelson Algren Award. Oness lives in La Crosse and is co-editor of Soundpost Press and director of marketing and development for Sutton Hoo Press.

“Luck” by Marilyn Annucci will be available in January 2000. Her poems have appeared in publications including Southern Poetry Review, The Journal, and Poet Lore. Annucci, of Madison, teaches language and literature at UW-Whitewater.

Each book is $10 plus $3 shipping and handling. For more information, call (608) 263-4929.