Poetry Book Release Party!

Willow Springs Books, the reincarnation of the Eastern Washington University Press, has produced a chapbook of poetry by American surrealist poet Adam Hammer, entitled No Time for Dancing. To celebrate the book's release, the graduate student staff of Willow Springs Books will be hosting a party at Coffee Social (113 West Indiana Ave) on Wednesday, June 9th at 7 p.m. and you are invited!

No Time for Dancing is Adam Hammer's second book of poetry. His first book, Deja Everything, was published by Lynx House Press in 1979. Hammer died in a car accident in 1984, and his remaining manuscripts were turned over to EWU professor Christopher Howell.

The Willow Springs Books staff is comprised of EWU MFA students who will be handing out buttons and reading poems from the collection. The students culled the 15 poems from the manuscripts left after Hammer's death, and their next project in the series will be a collected works of Adam Hammer.

Here is an excerpt from a poem, "The Ocean of Wire":

The pins which flow

through you like chemicals

are warmer than science, and

the cotton boat you do not

sleep in drifts toward the forest

of electricity. You are playing

a game of darts

with gravity,

and you are losing.

The book itself is only $10, with the proceeds supporting the production of the next chapbook in the series. Food and drinks will be available for purchase from Coffee Social and if you have any questions or want further information, check out our Willow Springs Books Facebook page

If you can’t attend, you can order the book by sending a check for $10 (made out to Willow Springs Books) to Willow Springs Books, Inland Northwest Center for Writers, 501 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Suite 425, Spokane, WA 99202. Be sure to include your current mailing address in the envelope.