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Two White Pine Press titles make the Best Translated Book Award list
Two White Pine Press titles: KB: The Suspect by Marcelijus Martinaitis and Scale and Stairs by Heeduck Ra are in the top ten finalists in the Best Translated Book Award for poetry from Three Percent, the resource for international literature website. In addition it was noted that in 2009 White Pine Press published more books of poetry in translation than any other publisher in the country.
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The Dear Departed

We mourn the loss of two members of the White Pine family in late 2009. Poet Morton Marcus passed away in late October. We worked with Mort on two projects prior to his death. The Star Wizard's Legacy, his translations of Vasko Popa is being released this month. His last book of poems, The Dark Figure in the Doorway, which Mort proofed the galleys on in his final days will be publish this fall.

In December we lost poet and essayist Genie Zeiger. In 2009 we published her collection, What Happened Was, a concise introduction to the art of personal writing.  


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Kelli Russell Agodon wins 15th annual White Pine Press Poetry Prize
Kelli Russell Agodon, of Kingston, WA , has been named the winner of the fifteenth annual White Pine Press Poetry Prize for her collection Letters From the Emily Dickinson Room. Her manuscript was selected by the final judge, poet Carl Dennis from over 500 manuscripts. 
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From the classic writers of Asia to contemporary voices from around the world, White Pine Press is your passport to a World of Voices. We publish literature which explores the world of ideas and cultures. The cultures that make up the Amercan mosaic and celebrate the diversity of the world. You can travel to these places without leaving home, no driving, and no crowded airports with security checks. You can support us by purchasing our books at your local bookstore or from us; joining our email list to receive our monthly newletter featuring new titles and special discounts; by purchasing our signature edition items; or by becoming a friend of the press.

Dennis Maloney
Editor/Publisher
Adamantine
by Shin Yu Pai

In Adamantine, the poet explores the strength of stone and spirit, disarming hardness to explore the power of the human... more...

Original Trade Paperback. 96 pages.
$16.00.

Mountain Tasting
by Santoka Taneda
Translated by John Stevens


Mountain Tasting gathers a wide cross section of haiku and a selection of the... more...

Original Trade Paperback. 186 pages.
$16.00.

Letters from the Emily Dickinson Room
by Kelli Russell Agodon

“These are poems of remarkable liveliness.  In their wide-ranging wit and passion for language, their surprising juxtapositions of the ordinary... more...

Original Trade Paperback. 96 pages.
$16.00.

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