Tag Archives: Arion Press

My Top 5 Whole Book Experiences

Posted on October 2, 2011 by J. Davis

Recently I got  to thinking that I’ve never posted WHAT my top five “Whole Book Experience” books are. Seems like an interesting concept to mull over as I explore books through this blog, so I this list to change over … Continue reading →

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Next on stage at the Arion Press…

Posted on August 1, 2011 by J. Davis

It looks like the next book out of the Arion Press this year will be the play by Edward Albee. The play is being staged by the Aurora Theatre Company. For more information, check here. According to the post on … Continue reading →

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The Sundial by Shirley Jackson; published by the Arion Press

Posted on July 26, 2011 by J. Davis

“A library is really a very good place to store things. I had never realized it before.” Thus states Essex while filling the library with things needed for the next world. The books that are removed to make room are … Continue reading →

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Arion Press releases The Sundial by Shirley Jackson

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

The first book for 2011 from Arion Press is now available to subscribers and via their website. It looks like the next book released will be A Delicate Balance, a play be Edward Albee illustrated by Tom Holland. That will … Continue reading →

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The Arion Press Don Quixote

Posted on June 9, 2011 by J. Davis

When the Arion Press announced that it would be publishing an edition of Don Quixote in the acclaimed new translation by Edith Grossman, I was ecstatic. Grossman managed to get Cervantes’ masterpiece back on the best-seller lists for several months … Continue reading →

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The Tern Press and others at Moe’s in Berkeley

Posted on May 24, 2011 by J. Davis

While up in the Bay Area for my daughter’s commencement, I made a lightning visit to Moe’s Books in Berkeley at the start of our long drive home. I briefly checked out one of Tern Press‘ Peter Pan books and … Continue reading →

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Orlando by Virginia Woolf, published by the Arion Press

Posted on May 14, 2011 by J. Davis

Virginia Woolf has been on my “to-read” list for years and years. So it was with great pleasure that I read Orlando in the sumptuous Arion Press edition from 2005. Woolf was one of the foremost lyrical novelists of the … Continue reading →

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News on Shirley Jackson & Sappho from the Arion Press

Posted on March 29, 2011 by J. Davis

From the latest newsletter, it looks like Shirley Jackson’s The Sundial will be the next book published by the Arion Press. Introduction by Diane Johnson and illustrations by Jackson’s grandson, Miles Hyman. They are also working on an edition of … Continue reading →

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Robert Pinsky reading at the Arion Press/Grabhorn Institute

Posted on March 19, 2011 by J. Davis

The former Poet Laureate of the United States will be reading at the press on Wednesday, March 30 at 6:00PM for those of you lucky enough to be in San Francisco that night. RSVP at grabhorn@arionpress.com

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Ulysses by James Joyce, printed by the Arion Press

Posted on February 27, 2011 by J. Davis

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan…

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