Selected by Poetry.About.com as one of its Best Books of 2009. Mixing humor and imagination, visions of a healthy future and the windstorm realities of today, this collection of poems by Eliot Katz and artwork by William T. Ayton deals with themes of love, war, politics, ecology, and daily life. ""I love these poems, which are full of passion and thought. Eliot Katz is among a handful of contemporary American poets whose work speaks to me.""--Howard Zinn ""Eliot is right up there carrying the torch for Whitman and Ginsberg, keeping their vision alive and well....A must-read for anyone who believes poetry can still celebrate life.""--Alicia Ostriker ""William Ayton has mastered the art of drawing with ink and brush. Like the words of Eliot Katz, his brush marks the page with deliberate force. A broken eggshell, weapons and dreams, a stroke that cannot be taken back."" --Tim Slowinski

Love, War, Fire, Wind: Looking Out from North America’s Skull

Literature & Fiction

Katz, Eliot

Ayton, William T.

Poetry

Narcissus Press

Space: And Other Poems

Northern Lights

Allen Ginsberg was one of the most politically engaged writers of his era, with a widespread social and cultural impact that was rare for a poet of his or any generation. In this volume, Eliot Katz takes a readable, scholarly look at Ginsberg’s most influential poems and explores the varied and inventive ways that Ginsberg turned his political ideas and perceptions into powerful poetry. While there have been some important, previous biographies and other books looking at Ginsberg’s life and work, this is the first full-length volume focusing primarily on how Ginsberg’s writing works as political poetry and on Ginsberg’s extraordinary influence on political culture over the ensuing decades. As a longtime poet and activist himself, as well as a friend of Ginsberg’s who worked with him on a number of poetry and activist endeavors, Katz brings a unique personal, political, and literary perspective to this project. This book—including its chapter on “Howl,” which offers an astute and original guide to reading Ginsberg’s most celebrated poem—will be of interest to students and scholars studying Ginsberg’s poetry in college classrooms, as well as to general readers and writers who enjoy Ginsberg’s work.

The Poetry and Politics of Allen Ginsberg

History & Criticism

Beatdom Books

Eliot Katz's poems are exuberant democratic earth-watch, spiced with surreal imaginings, utopian cravings, and activist humor.

Unlocking the Exits: Poems

Coffee House Press

Comfort the Kid! is comprehensive description of infant sleep and the value of nocturnal parental interaction during the first year of life. Topics covered include a discussion of sleep from a biological, evolutionary, developmental, and cross-cultural perspective to bring to light the rationale governing infant and parental behavior and conflicts surrounding sleep. Comfort the Kid! strongly makes the case for comforting a crying infant ("Comfort the Kid") rather than letting the child cry until s/he falls asleep ("Cry It Out"). An extensive review of the medical literature is presented in an entertaining manner to demystify the struggle that frequently arises when a newborn is introduced into a family. The key audience is composed of expectant parents, new parents (who are looking for advice or struggling with their infant's sleep), and other interested parties, such as friends, and grandparents. The authors are physicians but have written the book in language intended to be accessible to an educated layperson. Comfort the Kid! explains why night awakening interactions with your infant are not drudgery, but rather wonderful and important opportunities that facilitate infant development and bonding.

Comfort the Kid!: Infant Sleep, Parent-Infant Bonding and the Perils of "Cry it Out"

Health, Fitness & Dieting

D'Ambrosio, Carolyn

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Ivory Tower Books

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