Photography
and push it through that opening
so small
who would have believed there could be a world on the other side?
The process of casting
sight into silver, the skin of plastic
to be redeemed by water, to cycle
from brilliance to blackness to brilliance –
the mechanics of seeing are everything;
and still the shadow of that cloud escaped me,
that light.
from: NOTEBOOKS FROM MYSTERY SCHOOL
Dear Friends,
My poetry collection NOTEBOOKS FROM MYSTERY SCHOOL, finalist for the New Women’s Voices Award, will be published by Finishing Line Press in February 2015. Finishing Line is an award winning small press dedicated to producing quality books spotlighting new poetry. I’m thrilled to be publishing with them.
Exploring themes of light and dark, some of the poems are inspired by my background in photography.
For my friends in the visual arts, chapbooks lend themselves to collecting because of their small press runs and resulting scarcity; for my literary and theatre friends, many of you have heard these poems read or performed and asked for them in print. I’m happy to offer you an affordable First Edition!
The book is now available for pre-sale through December 26th; books ship on February 6. The press run is limited, but determined by pre-sales; so your pre-orders are greatly appreciated! I hope many of you will want to reserve a copy of this first edition from this unique literary press, especially if you’re a collector or would like an affordable way to start collecting.
Pre-order on line by clicking here
Or download an order by mail form by clicking here
The pre-sale period (through December 26) is only 5 weeks; if you’ve received a similar email, I appreciate your understanding. Please feel free to forward this to friends you think might be interested. To those of you who have already ordered, my deepest thanks!
Margaret McCarthy
artist@margaretmccarthy.com
www.notebooksfrommysteryschool.com
NOTEBOOKS FROM MYSTERY SCHOOL by Margaret McCarthy
Poetry Chapbook; 24 pages
A coming of age journey told through poems; our rites of passage, with nature as our greatest school and teacher. A journey through shadow and light, arriving at the ultimate destination: the balance of opposites.
“McCarthy’s photographic eye captures the remarkable beauty and resilience that carry us through the sorrows and mysteries of our days.”
–Michele Wolf, author of Immersion and Conversations During Sleep
“With the eye of a feminist, she asks what if, instead, it had been Icarus’s sister? Would she know how far to go? In her first collection, NOTEBOOKS FROM MYSTERY SCHOOL, McCarthy shows us that yes, she knows.”
–Susana H. Case, author of 4 Rms w Vu