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News Release Sept. 21, 2006
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| Aaron McCollough; Kate Greenstreet Click to enlarge image |
The poems in Kate Greenstreet’s first book, “case sensitive,” merge the life of
dreams, the plots of mystery novels, the solitude and chance encounters of road
trips, and the spirits of women ranging from Madame Curie to poet Lorine
Niedecker.
“Her work elicits emotions without talking about them,” said Ahsahta Press
director Janet Holmes. “By taking us to familiar places, putting us in
recognizable situations, she is able to evoke powerful feelings in readers that
result in a great sense of intimacy.”
Greenstreet, a visual artist who supports herself by doing graphic design, is a
resident of New Jersey. She graduated from Goddard College in Vermont and
operates the Web site http://kickingwind.com.
“Little Ease,” the third book by former Sawtooth Poetry Prize winner Aaron
McCollough, celebrates the voluntary limitations we place on ourselves to secure
our own happiness, including marital fidelity and adherence to religious
precepts. The title refers to a particularly restrictive prison, the Tower of
Londer cell so small that a prisoner could neither stand up nor lie down.
Award-winning poet Susan Wheeler writes, quoting poet George Herbert,
“McCollough’s heartbreaking ‘Little Ease’ is stunning in its ability to get at
collective sins through its cries and meditations on a single soul’s struggles
toward ‘nothing buy holy, pure and cleare.’ ” McCollough’s book “Welkin” was
published by Ahsahta in 2002.
“Little Ease” and “case sensitive” are available for $16 from the Boise State
Bookstore, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725; from Small Press Distribution
(http://www.spdbooks.org) ; and directly
from Ahsahta Press at
http://ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu. Subscribers to the 2006-2007 season of
Ahsahta Press books receive both books at a discount with free shipping; details
are available at
http://ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu.
Ahsahta Press, an all-poetry imprint at Boise State University, has been
publishing since 1974. The name “Ahsahta” comes from the Mandan word for a Rocky
Mountain bighorn sheep, and was first recorded during the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
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Contact: Janet Holmes, Ahsahta Press, (208) 426-3134,
ahsahta@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
Where you see blue, we see the largest institution of higher education in
Idaho. For the ninth time in the last 10 years, Boise State University has set
an all‑time state record with a fall enrollment of 18,876 students. Since 1996,
Boise State’s student population has increased 25 percent.
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Last reviewed on Wednesday, January 03, 2007
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