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Parallel Press releases 'Hosannas' by Katharine Whitcomb
Posted 6/30/1999
MADISON, Wis.--The newly created Parallel Press, an imprint of the UW-Madison General Library System, has published its second book, a collection of poetry by award-winning local poet Katharine Whitcomb titled Hosannas.
Hosannas is a chapbook of nine of Whitcomb's poems. A chapbook is a small-format literary work, usually of poetry or essays.
The word "hosanna" traditionally refers to a shout of praise or an appeal for deliverance. Whitcomb's poetry addresses both meanings. Informed by her experience driving through the Midwest for 10 years as a traveling sales representative, the poetry reflects her reverence for the region's people and history.
Whitcomb is currently the 1998-99 Halls Poetry Fellow at the UW-Madison's Institute for Creative Writing. From 1996-98 she was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry at Stanford University. She has received the Loft-McKnight Award in Poetry and the Grolier Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals including: Kenyon Review, Pleiades, and Spoon River Poetry Review.
Hosannas can be ordered by writing the Silver Buckle Press, 236 Memorial Library, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706, (608) 263-4929. Each book is $10 plus $3 shipping and handling.
The first chapbook with the Parallel Press imprint was The Perfect Day by Andrea Potos, which can also be ordered through the Silver Buckle Press.
