In 1989, I started a small press for haiku and tanka books, which I call Press Here. It has won numerous Merit Book Awards from the Haiku Society of America. While my output of books has been sharply curtailed since starting a family, with my press I’ve managed to publish at least a book or two every year or two for more than twenty years. If you’re interested in proposing a book for my press to publish, please note that I no longer consider any unsolicited book proposals. The following is a list of Press Here titles, by category. Click to view a sortable catalog. I’ll add more information about each book as time allows.
Featured Title Press Here is pleased to announce the 2010 publication of Fifty-Seven Damn Good Haiku by a Bunch of Our Friends, edited by Michael Dylan Welch and Alan Summers. Each editor selected six poets for inclusion in the book, and each of the twelve poets is represented by either four or five haiku. Not a single one is about parsnips. The poets, who live in Europe, Africa, North America, and Asia, are Susan Antolin, Timothy Collinson, Susan Constable, Karen Hoy, Keiko Izawa, Deborah P Kolodji, Dejah Léger, Tanya McDonald, Caleb Mutua, Helen Russell, David Serjeant, and Alison Williams. To order in the United States, please send $8.00 plus $2.00 postage. Make payments payable to “Michael D. Welch” and send to him at 22230 NE 28th Place, Sammamish, WA 98074-6408 USA. For orders outside the United States, please inquire for details by emailing WelchM@aol.com. +
Perfectbound, 36 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, ISBN 978-1-878798-32-9
Haiku and Senryu BooksFifty-Seven Damn Good Haiku Twelve poets worldwide, edited by Michael Dylan Welch by a Bunch of Our Friends and Alan Summers Finding the Way paul m. The Nick of Time Paul O. Williams (essays on haiku aesthetics) [read the introduction] School’s Out Randy M. Brooks In and Out of Fog Lee Gurga The Measure of Emptiness Lee Gurga [read the interview from this book] Abandoned Farmhouse Edward J. Rielly A Simple Universe Sono Uchida + The Haijin’s Tweed Coat (2nd edition) Michael Dylan Welch Tremors Michael Dylan Welch Fig Newtons: Senryu to Go Six San Francisco–area poets, edited by Michael Dylan Welch [read the introduction] Tanka BooksTurning My Chair Pat Shelley Footsteps in the Fog Seven San Francisco–area poets, edited by Michael Dylan Welch [read the introduction] Castles in the Sand 2002 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology, edited by Michael Dylan Welch Haibun BooksWedge of Light Haibun by twelve poets, plus essays, edited by Cor van den Heuvel, Tom Lynch, and Michael Dylan Welch Met on the Road William J. Higginson with Penny Harter Interview BooksOn My Mind (2nd edition) Anita Virgil, vincent tripi (on haiku) Raking Sand Virginia Brady Young, vincent tripi (on haiku) Berries and Cream Jeanne Emrich, Michael Dylan Welch (on haiga) Haiku North America Conference AnthologiesHarvest (1991—San Francisco) Shortest Distance (1993—San Francisco) Northern Lights (1995—Toronto) Shades of Green (1997—Portland, Oregon) Too Busy for Spring (1999—Chicago) Paperclips (2001—Boston) Brocade of Leaves (2003—New York) Tracing the Fern (2005—Port Townsend, Washington) Dandelion Wind (2007—Winston-Salem, North Carolina) Into Our Words (2009—Ottawa) Standing Still (2011—Seattle) Other BooksA Vote for Alice Political parody of Alice in Wonderland by Michael Dylan Welch + Ordering InformationPlease note that some Press Here titles are not currently in print. For information about ordering, please contact Michael Dylan Welch. |