David Thomson let's go
Simon & Schuster
2026
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Monday, September 7, 2026
Sunday, September 6, 2026
HOT FART IN THE TEMPLE (Ronald Baatz) ~
Rain
like children
running barefoot
Haiku stuck
in the cheap pen
I keep in my overcoat
Falling in her hair
snow knows the perfect path
to her spine
Saturday morning
she pushes a plum
into its own shadow
Dew caressing
a young grasshopper
its whole life ahead of it
In this unbombed part of the world
not so unusual
such huge tulips
Windy cold rain
and whatever blinking
is left in the birdhouse
Dawn
no egg
is ugly
It feels good
inhaling the birds
in the cold morning air
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Ronald Baatz
Hot Fart in the Temple
Black Fig Press 2025
blackfigpress.wordpress.com
Saturday, September 5, 2026
Friday, September 4, 2026
Thursday, September 3, 2026
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
THIS MOMENT AT LONGHOUSE (NEW TITLES) ~
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WHEN I WAS A POET IN CHINA ~ Norman Schaefer
Norman Schaefer
When I Was A Poet In China
Norman Schaefer’s long experience as a wilderness trekker in the Sierras and his admiration for ancient Chinese poets, exemplified by the ethereal presence of Li Po, informs this etude on the sights and sounds of West Coast ecology. When I Was A Poet In China is elegant yet accessible, with a deep respect for the sagacity of an ageless sensibility still relevant today. Centuries and cultures are bridged in this masterful dialogue reflecting on art, literature, and the vagaries of existence under the willows on the banks of Putah Creek.
P A T N O L A N
Longhouse
2026
available now
New, perfect bound, 100 pages
Prose
$16.95
$5 shipping
NEW! ANDREW SCHELLING at LONGHOUSE ~
ANDREW SCHELLING
Wielding the Sanskrit Ice Axe
L O N G H O U S E
2026
$12
(postpaid)
New! Margaret Randall at Longhouse
Margaret Randall
Book Burning Here and Now
L O N G H O U S E
2026
$12
(postpaid)
New! Jonathan Greene at Longhouse
Jonathan Greene
Thoughts to Survive Hard Times
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L O N G H O U S E
2026
$12
(postpaid)
BOB ARNOLD'S "SWWIMMER” ~
"Artists feed each other: John Cheever fed one of the best. Bob Arnold was inspired by the John Cheever’s short story.“The Swimmer” to write a fact based novel SWWIMMER (the double “W” is intentional) that honored Cheever’s achievement. In doing so, Arnold created a rare work of art: a stunning trade book that is also an artist-book, an example of masterful writing, exquisite design, and a story that takes the particulars of personal family relationships and makes them universal as they develop the themes of love, loss, abandonment, the striving to return to inner peace by finding a way outward, “swimming” into the world’s confusions and mysteries." — JOE NAPORA
A personal letter from Margaret Randall:
Dear Bob:
As it turns out, I read Swwimmer in one sitting last night. I'd intended only to glance over the book but it hooked me. I like the writing a lot. It seems a departure from your writing style in other books and particularly suited to telling this subtly complex story which--am I wrong?--seems to be modeled after your own son and his life. A very moving story. And the shape and heft of the book works well. I have been working on an essay about how these maga AI companies are buying up, scanning, and then destroying books... by the tens of millions. Part of what I am trying to transmit is the importance of the book as form as well as content. Swwimmer confirms this. And Schelling's translations from the Sanskrit, following the story of that first Everest climb and the lost codex that recorded the legend of the mountain's spirit were also fascinating. A rare jewel.
Thanks again.
Love, Margaret
Bob Arnold
SWWIMMER
Longhouse
a new edition, 2026
available now
New, perfect bound, 170 pages
Prose
$20
$5 shipping
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