Brass Weight Press
Books in Print
Considering Flight
by Katherine Grace Bond
Katherine Grace Bond’s most deeply personal work to date, this
“novella in verse” examines the precarious dance between daughter
and father through the minefield of mental illness, homelessness and
the threat of suicide. At turns angry, unflinching, questioning and
vulnerable, the poems move, nevertheless, towards a fragile note of
hope.
This is a story of standing,
of the lullaby that wakes us
with its wind…
Sample the Book: Bridge 1;
Patricide; Question
For My Father Who Lives Alone; Opera Night.
SKU/Item Number: BPKGB0CF
ISBN-13: 978-1-59849-303-0
ISBN-10: 1-59849-303-5
$10.00
Right Here Right Now
by R.R. Seitz
Roy was a sniper in Vietnam. The vibrancy and immediacy of his work
will stun you. This is neither a political rant nor a therapeutic
exercise. These poems do not say, "War is terrible" or "War is
glorious," they simply say, "This is war." Roy’s storytelling is
artful, unflinching — definitely not for children — but wending
through these poems is a deep respect for life, a quiet and
enigmatic hope.
Sample the Book: A Letter Home;
The Right Too;
The Last Time.
SKU/Item Number: BPRRSRHR
ISBN-13: 978-1-59849-305-4
ISBN-10: 1-59849-305-1
$10.00
Barn Swallow
by Margaret D. Smith
Writer, musician and glass artist Margaret D. Smith’s fourth
collection of poems is luminous. Full of fissures, the work glows
with inner questions and with a vibrant "Yes!" Smith is also the
author of A Holy Struggle: Unspoken Thoughts of Hopkins,
The Seed in Me, Journal Keeper, The Rose and the Pearl and
Made With Love.
“The wisdom and sorrow of a kept innocence fills these poems.”
Image Journal.
“Margaret Smith has ‘eyes to see’ and is deeply influenced by Gerard
Manley Hopkins.” Jeffrey
Overstreet, writer, film critic.
Sample the Book: Search parties;
Yes;
Desires; The wooden torso of Christ.
SKU/Item Number: BPMDS0BS
ISBN-13: 978-1-59849-304-7
ISBN-10: 1-59849-304-3
$10.00
Yielding to Calliope
by Katherine Grace Bond
Katherine Grace Bond yields to the Muse in a way that is alternately
biting and whimsical, taking a rueful look at the creative process,
the public/private self, and (of course) God.
"Sweet! Way good." –
Scott
Cairns, poet whose most recent works include Philokalia: New
and Selected Poems and the upcoming spiritual memoir Slow
Pilgrim.
"A talented writer… fine work." –
Jim Forest
(most recent works include The Wormwood Files: Email from Hell,
and Praying With Icons).
Sample the book: The Artist in Paris;
Edict by Mail: Banish Your Belly, Butt
and Thighs; I Attend Divine Liturgy at
the Jones-Moles Funeral Home; Coming Into
Church.
SKU/Item Number: BPKGB0YC
ISBN-13: 978-1-59849-302-7
ISBN-10: 1-59849-302-3
$10.00
The Sudden Drown of Knowing
by Katherine Grace Bond
Katherine Grace Bond’s debut collection is characterized by a
longing for the elusive Divine. It is a hide-and-seek of love, loss,
struggle and redemption.
"Resonant and surprising work" –
Luci Shaw, poet, recent works include What the Light Was Like
and The Crime of Living Cautiously.
Of the poem "Jacob," Pulitzer Prize nominee Lawrence Dorr (A
Bearer of Divine Revelation,
A Slight Momentary Affliction) was heard to exclaim,
"Generations of students will hate you, because they will have to
memorize this poem."
Sample the book:
Stairs of Sand;
Earnest Endeavor;
Jacob.
SKU/Item Number: BPKGBSDK
ISBN-13: 978-1-59849-305-4
ISBN-10: 1-59849-305-1
$10.00