In an age of consolidation and
corporatization, Lethe Press remains an independent publisher in the
old style: we curate our booklist and put out books we love. Below are
our books of general interest. For books of gay/lesbian interest,
please click here.
poetry & literary fiction
New for 2007 !
Another Word for
Sky: Poems By Jay Michaelson
"Jay Michaelson knows too well that our
life is a wedding and a funeral, at the same time, in any given moment.
The erotic on these pages comes hand in hand with the devotional."
- Ilya Kaminsky, author of Dancing in Odessa
" If you are comfortable in your pew, these may not be the poems for
you. But if you want fully embodied poems of outrage and love -- and if
you want to "make a religion of flaw," read Another Word for Sky.
You wonÍt regret it."
- Richard Chess, author of Third Temple
Lethe Press Paperback
104 pages
ISBN Forthcoming
$14.95
Silence and the
WordBy Mary Anne
Mohanraj
A new collection drawing from the many
areas of Mary Anne Mohanraj's work, Silence and the Word includes
everything from enticing erotica to Sri Lankan-American immigrant
tales, from romantic poetry to provocative essays. Mohanraj boldly
explores sexuality, ethnicity, and their interactions with the human
heart. If you're a long-time fan, you'll be thrilled to have so much of
her work finally collected in one place; if you're a new reader,
prepare to be emotionally engaged, possibly aroused, and certainly
fascinated by what you're about to read.
Lethe Press Paperback,
300 pages
ISBN 159021014X
$15.00
science fiction
Peace Talk By Suzette Haden Elgin
The story of an ordinary man, who is so
disgusted with the state of the world, so depressed at what he sees as
a universal absence of hope for humankind, that he sees no way out
except the most desperate of measures. But then things that are not at
all ordinary start happening to him, as a stranger shows him, one small
mysterious step at a time, that he has another choice. This novella in
the form of a parable, leads the reader on an amazing journey from
despair to joy.
Cthulhu Fhtagn, Baby!
and Other Cosmic Insolence By Will Ludwigsen
Oscar Wilde wrote that "the real
tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us
by their entire lack of style." Not satisfied with that, Will Ludwigsen
chooses instead to add humor and flair to the horrors that surround us.
Why settle for the lesser of evils in your newspaper when you can read
an entire book of stories about zombie-exploiting, plesiosaur-chopping,
alien-dissecting, robotically-enhanced, lunatics instead? This premiere
collection by Will Ludwigsen brings together thirteen of his best
horror, mystery, and science fiction stories from magazines such as
Weird Tales, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and Cemetery Dance,
plus three originals. Though the work of a single deranged author,
these varied tales share a flippant disdain for common decency,
courtesy, and sense. Witty and irreverent, they remind us that we have
more hope than we think--if only because we have wit and irreverence.