The Talking of Hands: Unpublished Writing by New Rivers Press Authors

by Robert Alexander (Editor), Mark Vinz, C.W. Truesdale

New Rivers celebrates thirty years of literary publishing.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1998

About the author

Robert Alexander grew up in Massachusetts. He attended the University of Wisconsin, and for several years taught in the Madison public schools. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, he worked for many years as a freelance editor. From 1993-1999, he was a consulting editor at New Rivers Press, and from 1999-2001 he served as New Rivers' creative director. He is the founding editor of the Marie Alexander Poetry Series at White Pine Press (www.mariealexanderseries.com). He divides his time between southern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Reviews

[Chrisy · Rating 3 out of 5]

An anniversary anthology that consists of writings from returning New Rivers Press authors, celebrating the history of the press and its breadth of product with the kaleidoscope of unpublished writing consisting of prose, poetry, and short story. The introduction by David Haynes, author of two award winning New Rivers Press books, gives a look into the personality and heart of the press and is followed by the founder, C.W. Truesdale’s, account of the press’ beginning. The pages that follow take one to places from Katmandu to the American South; Grandpa’s birdfeeder, to dark hospital wards; visiting Hayden in the 20th century as he rides in the back of a car, to a disturbingly humorous encounter with vulgar preschoolers. The multiplicity in this anthology is profound and representative of New Rivers thirty year’s publishing.