Buttonhook Press 2024 Chapbook Series
An O:JA&L Writer’s Portfolio
Larry D. Thomas
LETTING THE LIGHT WORK
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About the writer:
LARRY D. THOMAS, the 2008 Texas Poet Laureate, is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. He has published twenty-three print collections of poetry, which include As If Light Actually Matters: New & Selected Poems (Texas A&M University Press Consortium, 2015). Winner of the 2023 Spur Award (for poetry) sponsored by Western Writers of America, Mr. Thomas has also received two Western Heritage Awards from the Western Heritage Museum located in Oklahoma City, OK; the 2004 Violet Crown Book Award (Writers’ League of Texas); and a number of other distinguished national awards. He currently resides in the Chihuahuan Desert of southwestern New Mexico.
Image: Nuestros dioses antiguos by Saturnino Herrán (1887-1918). Oil on canvas. 43.3 x 44 inches. 1916. (Cropped to purpose.) Public domain.
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HAL: Heuristic Algorithmic Library
Issues of Contemporary Aesthetic: A Series
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The Outrun by Julie Alden Cullinane: A REVIEW
Miro’s Wars by John Brantingham: A REVIEW
Stories Begging Color by Larry D. Thomas: A REVIEW
OPTIMAL OR NOT and other poems by Heikki Huotari: A REVIEW
Experimental Discourse: A Productive Labor
A consideration of the work of Jim Meirose
Larry D. Thomas and the Evolution of the American Chapbook
A consideration of the writing of Larry D. Thomas
Mick McGrath and the Samizdat Tradition
A consideration of the published prose of Mick McGrath
Richard Widerkehr: A Poet of Place, Memory, and Quiet Epiphany
A consideration of the poetry of Richard Widerkehr
The O:JA&L Masters Series
An introduction to the O:JA&L Masters series
BUTTONHOOK PRESS MASTERS SERIES
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The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Brian Clements on Prose Poetry
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Mark Budman on Flash Discourse
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Ray Gonzalez on Prose Poetry
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Michael Martone on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Roberta Allen on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Peter Conners on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Maxine Chernoff on Prose Poetry
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Pedro Ponce on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Tom Hazuka on Flash Fiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Kent Dixon on Flash Fiction & Nonfiction
With an Interview by Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
The Buttonhook Press Masters Series: Jim Meirose on Experimental Discourse
With an interview by Associate Editor Warwick Newnham
O:JA&L’S HIGH BUTTON PRESS ART CHAPBOOKS
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RITES OF CALIBRATION: Images & Excerpts
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Fine Art Photography by Natalie Christensen
Painting and drawing by Anne-Marie Brown
BY LAND AND BY SEA: Awakening the Sensual
Sculpture and Installation by Mark Yale Harris
Painting and drawing by Bette Ridgeway
Painting and drawing by Kathleen Frank
Painting and drawing by Catherine Eaton Skinner
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