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Aw, shucks folks. That's very kind of you all. Tom, they're available online at http://www.wildhoneypress.com best Randolph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Bell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:43 AM Subject: Re: Wild Honey > I'm getting jealous. Would like to see Wild Honey more readily available > here in the US. > > tom bell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 3:23 AM > Subject: Re: Wild Honey > > > > > I have quite a number of Wild Honey Press books; it's an excellent > > > list. I've always thought they were the ideal way to read poetry, > > > the reading of such lovingly made objects being a sensual and > > > meditative experience which focusses on the _poem_. > > > > > > > Now that get's the nub of something. It is that quality of attentiveness > to > > the poem that is so marked in the Wild Honey books, and precisely what I > > desire of poems as objects in print, on paper. Tactile, focused, and > almost > > like a painting in a good gallery, admitted to be _there_, nestling in its > > occasion. > > > > Best > > > > Dave > > > > David Bircumshaw > > > > Leicester, England > > > > Home Page > > > > A Chide's Alphabet > > > > Painting Without Numbers > > > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 5:17 AM > > Subject: Re: Wild Honey > > > > > > > How lovely to log on and see those messages, David and David. I've > > > probably said it before, but I'll say it again: my poetry publishing > > > forays in the past have been somewhat miserable; I have never had a > > > sense of "ah, my book!" holding it in my hand. Until Randolph > > > printed Mnemosyne. It's the most pleased I've ever been. My first > > > experience was Penguin, which put me off publishing anything > > > literally for six years: I was so horrified and disappointed at being > > > on the production line. > > > > > > I have quite a number of Wild Honey Press books; it's an excellent > > > list. I've always thought they were the ideal way to read poetry, > > > the reading of such lovingly made objects being a sensual and > > > meditative experience which focusses on the _poem_. > > > > > > Best > > > > > > Alison > > > > >