Tag Archives: Bushwhack Books

“The Pocket Guide to Woodstock” Lands at the Comeau July 8th

Posted on June 20, 2012 by admin

Several years ago, Michael Perkins and I published Walking Woodstock: Journeys into the Wild Heart of America’s Most Famous Small Town (Bushwhack Books). It rapidly became the Golden Notebook’s bestselling paperback of 2009 and has now reached its fifth (or … Continue reading →

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A Short History of Poetry in Woodstock, 1873—2008

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin

(Published in the Woodstock Times, April 10, 2008) By Michael Perkins Part I The first bard to sing or chant in the shadow of Overlook Mountain was probably a son of the Leni Lenape, the small, gentle people who had … Continue reading →

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“In Praise of the Postcard,” by Stephen Kessler

Posted on November 10, 2011 by admin

(Bushwhack Books, the little publishing enterprise created by Michael Perkins and myself, has produced its second set of Poetry Postcards. Talk about double obscurity. Who even sends postcards anymore in this age of tweets? Stephen Kessler, for one, a true … Continue reading →

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“How I Became a Writer” By Michael Perkins

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

(Michael Perkins, my good friend and co-author of Walking Woodstock: Journeys into the Wild Heart of America’s Most Famous Small Town, wrote this brief memoir as an introduction for an unpublished sampler taken from his novels, plays, reviews, and poems. … Continue reading →

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