Book Release!
Shadow of a Bear
I am happy to share the launch of my new chapbook, Shadow of a Bear, published by Monday Editions in a limited edition of 50 copies, to be signed and numbered by me. The cover image reproduces a watercolor by Kristen Griger.
The founder and publisher of Monday Editions—poet, editor, and Substack writer X.P. Callahan—describes Monday Editions as a gift-economy poetry micropublisher. In keeping with this model, all proceeds from the chapbook will be donated to the Kilham Bear Center, in Lyme, New Hampshire, for the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of orphaned or injured black bear cubs.
NOTE: LIMITED EDITION SOLD OUT. If you would like to get a Second (open) Edition, please use the tab at the top of the page called Second Edition to sign up.
“Weil has a way of writing little blessings for moments of insight that settle the mind. Weil’s poems remind me of how a poem, like an episode of direct encounter with Earth creatures, can offer discovery, connection, immersion, as if leaves and wings and roots and all the rest are teaching us how to be human here, and Weil is the courier of this instruction.” —Kim Stafford, author Wild Honey, Tough Salt, Singer Come from Afar, and As the Sky Begins to Change
“At moments spare and at other times lush and luxurious, Weil’s language enthralls, serving as a wise and insistent guide to the possibilities of crossing boundaries and learning to live peacefully in the presence of the world that sustains us.” —Todd Davis, author of Native Species, Coffin Honey, and Ditch Memory: New and Selected Poems
