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The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke; Published by the Arion Press

Ever since I read Stephen Mitchell’s translation of the Tao Te Ching at just the right time in a critical juncture of my life, I’ve eagerly sought out anything else he’s done. That made finding a copy of the Arion … Continue reading

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Biotherm by Frank O’Hara; Published by the Arion Press

“Ut pictura poesis,” Horace wrote in the first century BC. “As is painting so is poetry.” In his Poetry Foundation blog post “Poets and Painters”, Martin Earl writes “Painters and poets have been wed from the beginning. Language itself has … Continue reading

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A Special Colophon for the Arion Press edition of The Day of the Locust

It’s hard not to be excited to see my daughter Kaelyn’s name on the Arion Press colophon for the first time. It’s a fine press book lover’s dream!

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The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins; Published by The Arion Press

Wilkie Collins is a well known Victorian era British writer of 30 novels, over 60 short stories, 14 plays, as well as a number of non-fiction articles and other pieces. How much of this enormous output have I read? None. … Continue reading

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A funny thing happened during our recent tour of Arion Press…

I’m a lover of books (obviously). And it all rubbed of on my daughter in a wonderful, make a dad proud sort of way. We discuss books, we haunt used bookstores together, we taunt each other when we find a … Continue reading

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The Moonstone has landed!

The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins, the latest Arion Press edition has landed on my doorstep. It’s up next on my reading list, so hopefully you’ll see a full review in the next few weeks. In the meantime, I’ve included a … Continue reading

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An Advanced Peek at the Arion Press Moonstone in process

I was recently visiting my daughter in San Francisco and we took the opportunity to take the tour of the Arion Press. Tours run every Thursday afternoon and are highly worth the time even if you are only tangentially interested … Continue reading

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Thomas Jefferson’s Paris Walks has arrived

I just received my copy of the Arion Press‘ Thomas Jefferson’s Paris Walks. I’ll put it in the queue for review. I’ve got a few hefty novels in front but may bump it up as it looks like a quick … Continue reading

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Arion Press News

I just received the prospectus for the upcoming Arion Press publication of Thomas Jefferson’s Paris Walks. This will be the first book in their 2012 subscriber series. I will post a review as soon as I have it in my … Continue reading

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The Arion Press Sappho is shipping!

I just got word that the Arion Press edition of the poems of Sappho is shipping. It looks beautiful from what I have seen in the prospectus and the website. Check it out. It’s unusually early for them to be … Continue reading

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