Last week, right before Thanksgiving, Jonah Olgles from Outside Magazine online requested a pdf of the Mad Angler’s Manifesto. I wasn’t sure what his plan was but happily sent one along. Apparently Jonah is a old fan of Michael Delp and he put up a very nice piece about our broadside though I wish now I had sent a better image. Jonah has let the cat out of the bag in the article so yes, very soon, squeezed in before Oscar Wilde, there will be a new edition of The Mad Angler Poems with 12 new pieces to make 25 in the collection. I can’t help myself, I love these poems and they speak to me more than most so they must be a DWP book. As Judith Minty wrote:
No writer is more at one with the river than Michael Delp. It is as if he emerges from mud and rock, the very soul of moving water, to speak its words, to sing its songs. He is a true mystic, a celebrant of life on this earth…
This is the sort of fluke exposure that artists daydream about before the holidays. While I can’t complain it seems I’ve spent the better parts of my recent days packing up shipments. If you’ve been waiting to get a copy of the broadside, I wouldn’t wait much longer, they’re going fast at the moment. Thank you Jonah.
Chris Adamson, from his Books and Vines blog has also put online a very nice piece about supporting your favorite fine presses this year instead of big retailers. It has a nice mention of Deep Wood Press and also shows the Mad Angler print. This blog post features other fine presses as well with images and links to some of the more affordable offerings out there to be had. Chris writes with an interesting perspective about the people who make the books he loves, a very entertaining read.
Chad Pastotnik, Deep Wood Press 
Pretty damn cool. Did you get the check for the paper?
All I want to do is go brook trout fishing.
Mike
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Cool indeed Mike. Yes, got the check.
The river hasn’t frozen over yet and we don’t have to wear blaze orange fishing vests with deer season closed now. Still, I think I’ll wait till next spring. Packed all the rods away last night finally which is always a sad ritual.
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Keep sending me these– for some reason, tho I am a customer twice or thrice–Chad has dropped me from mailings.
I went to his presentation at GR Public Library’s 2005 Celebration of the Book and almost wept at the display of privately commissioned books…awesome beauty for equally awesome prices.
Also, I have been at Michael Delp’s cabin- home on the river, part of the Interlochen 2007 first writing class week for adults. Found a pic with Jim in it taken by Jack or Julie Ridl there a few years ago. We were given 20 words to write into a poem in 15-20 minutes. Good exercise…I’ll send mine to you sometime….from elsewhere!
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Benzgran,
My apologies, but you haven’t been dropped from my mailings. I am just woefully inadequate at putting mailings out! Please drop me a personal email and I will be sure that you’re still on the list regardless.
That was a fun event in Grand Rapids back in 2005, I should re-awaken some of my old connections there if this is still going on.
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Back to blogs and sorting writings my niece will format, new ( July 2017) husband has 10s of 1000s pro quality photos to insert choices. Why the focus? Foot fix may require 12 mos. of no weightbearing & I’ve barely made it to 1 month inactivity mark.The Widow [me]and The Widowmaker [he, a one-year survivor….2%]; OR: Cougar and The Italian Stallion: 4,000-Mile Mustang Honeymoon from The Badlands to Paradise (MI). Drowning in paper in my La-z-Girl chair with foot elevated,Vicki Q
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Oops….got caught up in subtitle & forgot~booklady@ameritech.net is email
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