<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Forwarding info about a notable new poetry book (published today) that may be of interest to Oregon libraries…<div class=""><div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></span><div class=""><b class="">A LONG HIGH WHISTLE: SELECTED COLUMNS ON POETRY</b></div><div class=""><b class="">By David Biespiel (Antilever Press, Pub date: April 1, 2015)</b></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Regular readers of the books section of the <i class="">Oregonian </i>will remember that from 2003-2013 poet and critic David Biespiel wrote a brief essay on poetry every month </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">in what became the longest-running newspaper column on poetry in the United States. </span>"David Biespiel's column on poetry was a hit with readers from the moment it began in 2003,” writes Jeff Baker, editor of the <i class="">Oregonian</i>’s book review. "Biespiel brought a lively, accessible style and a sharp critical take to his column, and he did it in an enthusiastic way that showed his readers that poetry can be a joyful, fulfilling part of their lives."<div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="14133871-70EA-49C1-9CBD-62AD5AD94D8B" height="150" width="100" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" class="" src="cid:D917D5E0-7BCD-4B4B-9CB4-EC92F49BEB04@domain.actdsltmp"></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Collected for the first time into a single volume, <i class=""><b class="">A Long High Whistle: Selected Columns on Poetry</b></i>, </span><span class="">these enormously popular pieces articulate a profound statement about the mysteries of poetry. </span></div><div class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="">Unlike any other book about poetry, <em class="">A Long High Whistle </em>(Antilever Press) provides anyone, from the lover of literature to the mature writer to the beginning poet to poetry students, with a delightful, provocative exploration about how poets become inspired, how poems are written and then experienced by readers, and how poetry situates itself in American life.</span></div><div class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><b class="">A LONG HIGH WHISTLE: SELECTED COLUMNS ON POETRY by David Biespiel (Antilever Press, Pub date: April 1, 2015). </b></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Link to Distributor</b></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9781938308109/a-long-high-whistle-selected-columns.aspx" class="">http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9781938308109/a-long-high-whistle-selected-columns.aspx</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class=""><b class="">Book Launch and Reading </b></span></div><div class=""><span class="">April 19, 4pm, Powell’s on Hawthorne, Portland, free</span></div><div class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><b class="">Interview in <i class="">Portland Monthly</i></b></span></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/arts-and-entertainment/culturephile-portland-arts/articles/portlands-poet-david-biespiel-talks-politics-preservation-and-march-2015" class="">http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/arts-and-entertainment/culturephile-portland-arts/articles/portlands-poet-david-biespiel-talks-politics-preservation-and-march-2015</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><div style="letter-spacing: normal; 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