Press Release for Portal and Piers

Five Authors Collaborate on “Portals and Piers”

a Collection of Original Poetry

Milwaukee, WI January 25, 2012 –

    For close to 15 years, the five writers whose poems appear in “Portals and Piers” have spent Sunday mornings reading and discussing each other’s work. 

The result of these regular gatherings brings readers everywhere this collection of more than thirty of the strongest poems produced by the core members of this unusual and diverse group.   

“The portal might be the door to a palace. Or the entrance to a mine shaft. It might invite you in. Or warn you away from danger – or diamonds.  The pier is where journeys by water begin and end. It offers posts to which you can tie your boat. Suspended over the surface of the lake… A portal may open.”

Published by Sunday Morning Press, the book features original poetry by Milwaukee based group members Stephen Anderson, Chris Austin, Paul Enea, Elliot O. Lipchik and Steve Pump.  All previously published, and many award-winning, this particular assemblage of men remained dedicated and constant in their desire to improve their skills and take on the task of self-publishing a book.

Many of the poems included in this collected works first appeared in publications including Southwest Review, Free Verse, Verse Wisconsin, Tipton Poetry Review, Harvests of Millenium, Porcupine, Phoenix, The Salmon, and Express Milwaukee.

Meet the authors at the official book release on March 9, 2012 at Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust Avenue in Milwaukee. The entire group will also be appearing at Woodland Pattern's poetry marathon on January 28, 2012 at 6pm. 

For more information on “Portals and Piers,” and a closer look at the authors, please visit www.sundaymorningpress.blogspot.com.  For more information on the book release and authors’ readings, please visit www.woodlandpattern.org.

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The Authors

The poets of Sunday Morning Press are:  Elliot O. Lipchik, Steve Pump, Chris Austin, Stephen Anderson and Paul Joseph Enea (photo by Jordan Austin).

Portals and Piers, Blurbs and Biographs.

The portal might be the door to a palace. Or the entrance to a mine shaft. It might invite you in. Or warn you away from danger - or diamonds.  One door might open to another. Or it might open to the familiar blue gray of a great lake.

The pier is where journeys by water begin and end. It offers posts to which you can tie your boat. Suspended over the surface of the lake, you might decide to sit at the pier’s edge, skimming your feet along the surface. Or you might dive in and swim. A portal may open.

For several years, the five writers whose poems appear in Portals and Piers have spent a series of Sunday mornings reading and discussing each other’s work. This book is a product of those meetings.

The poets are:

Stephen Anderson was the First Place winner of the Kay Saunders Memorial New Poet Award in the 2005 Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets’ Triad Contest. His work has appeared in Southwest Review, Verse Wisconsin, Tipton Poetry Journal, Harvests of New Millennium, Free Verse, Foundling Review, Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar (2002 & 2008), Fox Cry Review, and in other print and online publications. His chapbook, The Silent Tango of Dreams, was published by Pudding House Publications in June, 2006. He lives with his wife inMilwaukee, Wisconsin.

Chris Austin is first and foremost a family man. Married, with two college-age children, most of his work comes from the experiences, good and bad, which that life has wrought. He considers himself lucky to have fallen in with such an accommodating and nurturing group of poets who have helped him develop his own voice. He has been published in the online journal Burning Word and Verse Wisconsin magazine.

Paul Joseph Enea was born and raised on Milwaukee’s east side, where he continues to reside in spite of the increased traffic and exponential proliferation of mean-spirited or irresponsible drivers. His poetry has appeared in Blue Canary Press, Verse Wisconsin, and Porcupine. He has recently returned, after an extended hiatus, to taking long walks in which he contemplates how lucky he’s been at discovering new friends while keeping old ones close.

Elliot O. Lipchik was born, raised and educated in New York. He moved to Milwaukee as Professor of Radiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. After early retirement, he studied "poetry" at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He hasnumerous publications in magazines such as Porcupine, Chiron Review (3rd place contest winner), Borderlands Texas Poetry Review and in the Mizmor L’David Anthology. Tethered To These Stones is his chapbook about family and the years in New York City.

Steve Pump was born and raised in Milwaukee and learned most of what he knows about poetry from the great poets of that city. His poems have appeared in The Salmon, Bratting (Blue Canary Press), Soup, Crux (Dead Art Limited), The Shepherd-Express and expressmilwaukee.com. He lives in Chicago.

Portals And Piers

Our shipment of books has just arrived from the printer, and they look great!  I'll post some pictures in the near future, but for now wanted to make the books available to anyone who might want to order them.    There were only 100 copies printed, with a number of copies going to contributors and collaborators.  So get them while supplies last!

If you are interested in ordering, please contact us at sundaymorningpress2011@gmail.com.  Books are $10.00 each + $4.00 shipping anywhere in the U.S.