Buttonhook Press Chapbook Series
An O:JA&L Writer’s Portfolio
Prose Poetry

Heikki Huotari

SIX/SEVEN

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Numbers Game by O:JA&L staff creative

 

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Formatted in Create Space.
Set in Garamond and GARAMOND ALLCAPS.

 

Made available online and/or printed in the USA and elsewhere
as a novelty and commemorative document
celebrating the publication of Heikki Huotari’s chapbook.

 

This project was made possible, in part, through support from
Grayling and Wraith, a growth marketing company.

 

 

About the writer:
HEIKKI HUOTARI attended a one-room country school and spent summers on a forest-fire lookout tower. Since retiring from academia/mathematics he has published poems in numerous literary journals, including The Florida Review and Pleiades, and in seven collections. Collections published in 2024 are Scaffold and Mirage and Acceleration Due To Gravity.

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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

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The Buttonhook Press Master Series: Roberta Allen on Flash Fiction
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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
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With an interview by Associate Editor Warwick Newnham

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