Buttonhook Press 2025 O:JA&L Pamphlet Series
Poetry: All forms & styles
A Writer’s Portfolio
Richard Widerkehr
WEST Toward Squalicum Mountain
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ABOUT THE WRITER:
RICHARD WIDERKEHR’S fifth book of poems, Missing The Owl, is forthcoming from Shanti Art Publications, which also brought out his previous book, Night Journey. His work has appeared in Open: A Journal of Arts and Letters (O:JA&L), Atlanta Review, and Verse Daily; one of his poems was broadcast by Garrison Keillor on Writer’s Almanac. He won first prize for a short story at the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, three Sue C. Boynton poetry awards, and three prizes at The Bridge.
Image: Mountain Landscape by William Lewis Sonntag, Sr. (1822-1900). Oil on canvas. 57.5 x 47 inches. 1854. Public domain.
Other titles by Richard Widerkehr in the O:JA&L/Buttonhook Press Catalog:
Pamphlets
Individual works
Poetry: All forms & styles|Richard Widerkehr|”Two December Mornings”
Poetry: All forms & styles|Richard Widerkehr|”Kristallnacht, 1938: Night of Shattered Glass”
Poetry: All forms & styles|Richard Widerkehr|”When You Ask About That Dream”
Poetry: All forms & styles|Writer’s Portfolio||Richard Widerkehr|”At O’Hare Airport: Her Foxgloves”
Poetry: All forms & styles|Writer’s Portfolio||Richard Widerkehr|”Spin The Bottle: 1958″
Poetry: All forms & styles|Writer’s Portfolio||Richard Widerkehr|”Sympathy for the Scarecrow”
Americana|Poetry: All forms & styles||Richard Widerkehr|”Biloxi”
OJAL Art Incorporated, publishing since 2017 as OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters (O:JA&L) and its imprints Buttonhook Press, HOT BUTTON PRESS Contemporary Issues, and HIGH BUTTON PRESS Contemporary Art, supports writers and artists worldwide.
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
Fine Art Photography by Rex Wilder
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
Implications of Energy
Artist portfolio of Dr. Ernest Williams III
