Arrowsmith press is a small independent publisher based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by Askold Melnyczuk and Alex Johnson in 2004, Arrowsmith publishes limited first editions of works we believe enrich the literary world - works that define the literature of our time outside the discourse of the market. For more about us, our mission and our history visit the about us page.
Forthcoming from Arrowsmith
On December 5th, 2007 at 7pm we are excited to celebrate our next major literary project:
Join us for one of the most important literary events ever to be held in Boston. In conjunction with AGNI we will be celebrating the publication of our next book and a selection of broadsides compiled by Rosanna Warren. Many of the poets and the author will be there to read their work. The evening will feature a reading of original and unpublished poems by writers who contributed to A Sheaf for Melissa including:
Frank Bidart, Michael Collier, William Corbett, Stuart Dischell,
David Ferry, Melissa Green, Fanny Howe, George Kalogeris, Gail Mazr,
Jennifer Moxley, Robert Pinsky, Lloyd Schwartz, Tom Sleigh,
Derek Walcott and Rosanna Warren.
Boston University, Jacob Sleeper Auditorium Rm. 129, 871 Commonwealth Avenue
For questions regarding the event please contact Meg Tyler at 617-358-4199
Fifty-Two
by Melissa Green.Melissa Green is author of the celebrated The Squanicook Eclogues, four long poems that weave memory and landscape with an almost religious understanding of the passage of time, which received the Norma Farber Award from the Poetry Society of America 1989 and the Lavan Younger Poets Prize from the Academy of American Poets. Green is also the author of the harrowing and exquisite Color is the Suffering of Light: A Memoir (1995). She lives in Winthrop, Massachusetts.
A Sheaf for Melissa
edited by Rosanna Warren & Askold Melnyczuk.
A collection of twenty-three original, unpublished and signed broadsides by Sinan Antoon, Frank Bidart, Lucie Brock-Broido, Michael Collier, William Corbett, Stuart Dischell, Stephen Dunn, David Ferry, Jorie Graham, Melissa Green, Seamus Heaney, Lynn Hejinian, Fanny Howe, George Kalogeris, Gail Mazur, Maureen McLane, Jennifer Moxley, Robert Pinsky, Lloyd Schwartz, Tom Sleigh, Derek Walcott, Rosanna Warren, and C.D. Wright. The cover features a signed design by Rikki Ducornet.
Reserve or Order copies!
Arrowsmith books are printed in limited editions of 150 and are available for advance reservation by contacting us at arrowsmithpress@gmail.com
Until the release, you may reserve Fifty-Two $15,
copies will be available for purchase at the event for $20
(Please add $4 for shipping if you will be unable to join us at the event)
A Sheaf for Melissa is printed in a limited edition of 26 lettered portfolios,
and is available for reservation at $1000,
portfolios will be available for purchase at the event and following for $1250.
(Please contact for shipping rates if you will be unable to join us at the event_