The Limberlost Review: A Literary Journal of the Mountain West (2024 Edition)
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2024. 2024 Edition. Paperback. 412pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. New. Item #66793
ISBN: 9798869140968
"Limberlost Press has released the 2024 edition of The Limberlost Review: A Literary Journal of the Mountain West, edited by Rick and Rosemary Ardinger. The 400-page literary annual features interviews, poetry, fiction, essays, artwork, and “re-readings” of favorite books by some of the best in the West and beyond. This special black & white edition is profusely illustrated with photographs, wood and linoleum block prints, drawings, and other mixed-media artwork.
Highlights of the 2024 edition include:
(1) An interview by Eugene, Oregon, novelist Dan Armstrong with writer, editor, and Ken Kesey compadre Ken Babbs, whose latest book, Cronies: Adventures with Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, the Merry Pranksters, and the Grateful Dead (Tsunami Press), is “a burlesque” of an adventurous life with a message for our time.
(2) Stories by Iowa Prize-winner Gary Gildner, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award-winner Mary Clearman Blew; novelist and National Magazine Award finalist Maureen McCoy, novelist and O. Henry Prize-winner Don Zancanella, Fifth Mesa All-Star writer Gino Sky, and more.
(3) Poetry by National Book Award finalist Bonnie Jo Campbell, National Book Award-winner Sherman Alexie, Vermont Poetry Slam Champion Geof Hewitt, former Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford, and 20 other poets from California to New York.
(4) Essays/memoirs about going to jail, a late-night with poet Richard Hugo, meeting novelist James Welch for the first time, remembering Montana novelist Rick DeMarinis, fishing Idaho’s Henry’s Fork, a killing gone wrong, and a reflection on a past career of travel writing.
(5) Re-readings of favorite books by Jim Harrison, Wilfred Thesiger, Hugh Kenner, Edward Abbey, Barbara Kingsolver, Paul Bowles, E. L. Doctorow, Dylan Thomas, and Forrester Blake;
(6) Artwork by 13 amazing artists who make the entire edition so readable:
(7) And a “Last Word” by Pacific Northwest Bookseller Award-winner Clay Morgan.
The 2024 Edition features work by Clay Morgan, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Daryl Jones, Jan Minich, Gino Sky, Sherman Alexie, Krista Lukas, David Lee, Chris DeVore, Will Peterson, Greg Keeler, Ken Rodgers, Maureen McCoy, Baron Wormser, Jim Heynen, O. Alan Weltzien, Margaret Pettis, Geof Hewitt, Jay Johnson, Jim Hepworth, Rebecca Evans, Shaun T. Griffin, Gary Gildner, Mark Clemens, Bob Bushnell, Anne Bledsoe, Mary Clearman Blew, William Johnson, Nancy Takacs, Samuel Green, Charlotte Mears, Don Zancanella, Paul Zarzyski, Kim Stafford, Jim Dodge, Dan Armstrong, Kent Anderson, Paul Beebe, John Rember, Ron McFarland, Lois Welch, Rick Johnson, Kurt Caswell, Paul T. LaPrise, Barbara Olic-Hamilton, Ted Dyer, Grove Koger, Alan Minskoff, Susan H. Swetnam, Brant Short, Nile Spears. Artwork by Graham Blair, Jan Boles, Rod Burks, Tom Callos, Jinny DeFoggi, Virgil DiBiase, Jackie Elo, Greg Keeler, Alberta Mayo, Riley Sophia Petaluna, Betty Rodgers, Sarah Trudeau, Janet Worms" -From the Publisher.
Price: $19.95