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Walking Woodstock
Journeys into the Wild Heart of America’s Most Famous Small Town
by Michael Perkins
and Will Nixon
Illustrated by Carol Zaloom #1 Paperback Bestseller of 2009, Golden Notebook, Woodstock, NY
The Pocket Guide to Woodstock
An Insiders' Guide with Suggested Hikes, a Walking Tour of the Historic Village, Maps, Photographs, and the Best Tips for a Memorable Visit
by Michael Perkins
and Will Nixon
Illustrated by Carol Zaloom #1 Paperback Bestseller of 2012, Golden Notebook, Woodstock, NYBooks
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“Are you familiar with the writing of Woodstock poet Will Nixon? If not, you should be because of his funny, wistful, poignant poems.”
-- Catskill Mountain Region Guide“The Hudson Valley has produced some of the great peregrinations of our time, most notably by John Burroughs, an inveterate walker. Add Michael Perkins and Will Nixon to the list—these are charming essays, some of them with a bit more bite than you'd guess.”
-- Bill McKibben
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Jay Wenk’s Favorite Anti-War Poem
Charming, puckish, defiant, Jay Wenk seems so young at heart in his ardent crusades as a gray bearded veteran against war or as a minority member of the Woodstock Town Board that it’s surprising to read his memoir of when … Continue reading
Michael Czarnecki, Chinese Poet
Where to begin? Perhaps with the publication of Robert Milby’s book, Ophelia’s Offspring, which set to page the declamatory poems inspired by Baudelaire, Shelley, Tom Waits, and doomed Romantics everywhere that Robert delivers night after night in the coffee houses … Continue reading
Judith Kerman Triple Feature
Judith Kerman has brought Mayapple Press to Woodstock. For a welcoming gift, I haven’t yet given her a copy of the green bumper sticker that once graced my car, “Welcome to Woodstock/Roll up Your Windows/ And Please Don’t Feed the … Continue reading
Marianna Boncek’s “On Reading Poetry in the Waiting Room”
During one of my periodic frustrations over my inability to sell my poetry books, I read Zig Ziglar’s Secrets of Closing the Sale, a heartening and persuasive guide by a man who had a hell of a lot of fun … Continue reading