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A book about books, that’s what this book is; a book full of reviews from the owner and other staff members of The Book Nook & Java Shop. An independent Bookstore located in Montague Michigan.

A string of thought-provoking vignettes woven with in your face poetry. A book as tender as it is savage. Bennie Herron was a local writer and poet of the San Diego Literary Scene. It all started in a classroom on campus with a writer’s workshop called, “Writerz Block.” Now, Bennie stands on the backs of David Walker, W.E.B. Du Bois …, and draws from his peers like Black Thought, Nas, Common and The Last Poets. Music Made me (us) Do This is more than a book of poems, it is Mr. Herron wearing his heart on his sleeve giving us a peek inside the mind of a living legend. 82 pages. 2018.

Cervine is a collection of three stories and an afterword about our human relationship to narrative and the living environment. Author bio: While Nathan Barrett has had a number of pieces published in newspapers and magazines, Cervine is his first collection of stories. For brief stints, he lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois, after high school, and eventually moved back to his hometown of Muskegon, Michigan, where he has lived since 2011.

25 portraits of an imaginary plantain. Published by West Vine Press. Josh Boardman is from Michigan. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he is working on his first novel and a collection of stories about his hometown.

Within this collection of poems from Colorado native Steve Shultz, you’ll find poems about lost time, sickness, shadowy figures, demons and dreams. Poems about starting over. Poems about simply existing. Poems about self-doubt. Poems about a girl. Poems about the necessity of poetry. Just poems. ABOUT POET: Steve Shultz read a lot of Hunter S. Thompson in college, which inspired him to declare a major in print journalism. He had some great times as a designer and reporter at some of Colorado’s major newspapers, and had some fun times going to free concerts in exchange for reviews. The decline of print journalism led him to pursue a lengthy vacation in the name of finding his “next chapter,” and somehow, he ended up as a mailman. Writing has been there all along the way. 106 pages.

A new book of poetry & prose published by West Vine Press. Written by Jesse S. Mitchell. Kingdom Machine is a book about the last day before the sun. File Under: Poetry/Critical Theory/Prose/Fiction/Philosophical/Play Writing

A novel of ontology, in which Warren Corpus Casser endures Hallucinosis Enceladus Syndrome, The Rude Elementals, and the sudden unexpected death of his brother. Warren is having a very weird year, and just…um…something isn’t right, and only Dr. Tuli can tell Warren what on earth is going on. Shelterland. By Jesse. S. Mitchell. 164 pages. 2018. Published by West Vine Press.

This book collects some of the better known pieces along with newer pieces to show the range of styles and sentiments of Kenning JP García. In these pages are the political and personal beside the humorous and melancholy. 76 pages.

THEY SAY is a fable in verse as told in three parts. It is a look at relationships, connections and what causes the rifts between one another and the places we inhabit.

A look at passing the time. Whereas, the second half, Dear/Later is about forward momentum. About what’s next? Both halves are ‘implemental’ poetry. A constant movement without looking back and yet still getting caught up in the same whirlwind of cycles. A work about spirals. We can’t go back but sometimes we get close enough to look back and reexamine what occurred. “To enter the world of Kenyatta JP Garcia’s SLOW LIVING is to enter another dimension, to spend time in a mind in full possession of lyric intensity, knowledge of “high” and “low” culture, smarts of both the quick and painful kind. It’s a book full of all the right questions, evidence of a restless mind bent on finding the least satisfying answers to the most difficult of questions. There’s humor here as well, evidence of a knowing voice that doesn’t kowtow to anyone’s sacred gods. Give in to SLOW LIVING and give in to a voice that’s engaged, surprising, deft and capacious.” —Poet, Allison Joseph. Author of the book, Multitudes.

Paperback Version: Okay. Birds. Quiet. Please. From the person who typed-up Poetic Poverty & SLACKER AD—NAUSEAM, okay birds quiet please is the third collection of words printed on a stack of paper that is called a book, written by Andrew K. Here we find words about the moment before the moment, about spacetime and jumping into Lake Michigan. Here is a writer not at the height of his powers, simply, doing and being and trying to figure out what any of this madness means. okay birds quiet please. It is a book, of words, from the number one selling absurdist poet. Andrew K lives a life surrounded by cats and books. Andrew K.’s future plans are as unclear as his past plans, and he told the editors he’s going to move out of the United States soon, where wherever he ends up, he’ll write little books of absurd poetry until the sun explodes. 130 pages.

A more expensive and bigger hardcover book! Different Cover work! Five recently discovered pieces. Forward by Steve Shultz & afterword by Andrew K., an essay about a writer losing their writing. Okay. Birds. Quiet. Please. From the person who typed-up Poetic Poverty & SLACKER AD—NAUSEAM, okay birds quiet please is the third collection of words printed on a stack of paper that is called a book, written by Andrew K. Here we find words about the moment before the moment, about spacetime and jumping into Lake Michigan. Here is a writer not at the height of his powers, simply, doing and being and trying to figure out what any of this madness means. okay birds quiet please. It is a book, of words, from the number one selling absurdist poet.

(88 pages. Backpocket Book) A little pocketbook of absurd things. Written by a person who knows you exist. Words about cats, retail, books, myths, cover bands, hipsters, haters, lawyers, doctors, uncles, the lotto machine, and much, much more. SLACKER AD—NAUSEAM. Written by Andrew K. Published by West Vine Press. 2018. 88 pages. ABOUT ANDREW K.: The author of one other poetry collection called Poetic Poverty (also published by West Vine) Andrew K. lives a life surrounded by cats and books. Not much is known about him other than he was born in Monkey’s Eyebrow Kentucky, a radio frequency near Possum Trot and Ballard County, and after wandering around the train tracks of Massachusetts in his early thirties he moved to Michigan; Andrew K.’s future plans are just as unclear as his past plans, and he told the editors he’s going to move out of the United States soon, where wherever he ends up, he’ll write little books of absurd poetry until the sun explodes.

A collection of poetry and poetic prose, sketches, notes and doodles, written in the past ten to fifteen years. Concepts include getting lost in your room, time, and your mind, American houses, the edge between society and the woods, madness and imagination, rules for writing and the history contained within a number two pencil.

A fresh book of collected brand new material from West Vine Press authors who have books to be released by the end of 2018. You’ll find poetry and prose, sections of novels and short stories from, Patrick Trotti, Jesse S. Mitchell, Kenning JP Garcia, Jorge de Leon, Bennie Herron, Steve Shultz, Nathan Barrett, Andrew K., M. Magnalia & F. Izzati. (2018. 66 pages)

98 pages. Paperback Version