For Immediate Release:
9 p.m. EDT, October 6, 2008
Contact:
Stefani Koorey
PearTree Press
[email protected]
PearTree Press Announces Release of New Lizzie Borden Book
https://www.createspace.com/3354462
FALL RIVER: MA—PearTree Press ( http://peartree-press.com/ ) announces the release of a new Lizzie Borden book: Do Come In and Other Lizzie Borden Poems by Larry W. Allen.
For some, the name Lizzie Borden conjures an innocent young woman who bravely faced her trial with strength and fortitude. To others, she has become the icon of all things gruesome because of the bloody nature of the crimes for which she was charged. Yet, others see Lizzie Borden as a woman who got away with murder.
In Do Come In, Larry W. Allen offers up 50 poems that trace the life of this enigmatic woman—from the 19th through the 20th century. We meet her as a young adult and watch her develop into an old woman living alone on “the Hill.”
Says editor and publisher Stefan Koorey, “Do Come In and Other Lizzie Borden Poems is a remarkable collection of poems entirely devoted to the Lizzie Borden story. It is the first book of its kind. Most poets who use Lizzie Borden in their titles only have one poem in their collection about the case or the woman. Larry’s work is entirely about Lizzie Borden. The poems range from the humorous to the horrific.”
The cover art for Do Come In and Other Lizzie Borden Poems was created by famed graphic novelist Rick Geary. Geary is the author of The Borden Tragedy, a breakthrough interpretation of the Borden murders of 1892 in an all-graphic format.
“We are honored to have Geary’s new sketch of Lizzie Borden grace our cover,” says Koorey. “Rick Geary is not only a great artist, but his book, The Borden Tragedy, really gets the story right. And as the first all-illustrated telling of the Borden tale, it made it possible for all of us to see the case in 3-D—an important new angle to view the facts from.”
Do Come In and Other Lizzie Borden Poems can be purchased through CreateSpace.com at ( https://www.createspace.com/3354462 ), and soon also through Amazon.com. It has a list price of $14.00. Book details: ISBN/EAN13 0981904300 / 9780981904306, 106 pages, B&W interior, color cover.
Author Larry W. Allen is the past president of The Columbia Chapter of The Missouri Writer's Guild. He has had poems published in Fine Arts Discovery Magazine, The Mid America Poetry Review, Well Versed, and The Hatchet: Lizzie Borden’s Journal of Murder, Mystery & Victorian History. Larry is a probation and parole officer for the State of Missouri.
Cover artist Rick Geary has been working in comic industry since 1977. He was a contributor to the “Funny Pages” of National Lampoon for thirteen years. Geary’s comic stories were published in Heavy Metal, Dark Horse Comics, and the DC Comics/Paradox Press Big Books. His illustrations have appeared in MAD, Spy, Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, and American Libraries. Geary’s graphic novels include the continuing series A Treasury of Victorian Murder. Geary is the recipient of the Inkspot Award from the San Diego Comic Convention and the Book and Magazine Illustration Award from the National Cartoonists Society. Read more about Rick Geary at http://rickgeary.com.
Editor and Publisher Stefani Koorey, who holds a Ph.D. in Theatre History and Dramatic Criticism from Penn State, is the webmaster of LizzieAndrewBorden.com, the preeminent Lizzie Borden web site, the administrator of the Lizzie Borden Society Forum, author of the blog MondoLizzie.com, and the editor and publisher of The Hatchet: Lizzie Borden’s Journal of Murder, Mystery & Victorian History ( http://hatchetonline.com ).
The Hatchet is an online quarterly journal devoted to the examination and investigation of murder, Victorian history, the Borden Murders of 1892, and the history of Fall River, Massachusetts. Written for both the novice and seasoned Lizzie Borden enthusiast, The Hatchet takes a literate and entertaining approach through wide-ranging feature essays, reviews and criticism, interviews, fiction, art, poetry, and humor. Fact-filled, The Hatchet contains contributions by authors, poets, non-fiction writers, Lizzie Borden scholars, and historians worldwide. Submissions are open and all authors and artists will receive monetary compensation for their work.
Koorey, an international speaker on all things Borden, recently appeared as an expert on the case on the Discovery Channel’s documentary Lizzie Borden Had An Axe (2004). She also served as a consultant on the project and worked closely with producer Tim Evans of Morningstar Entertainment on locating other experts on the case and even advised former detective Tom Lange (of OJ Simpson fame) on where best to conduct the luminal test of the house.
Media Contact for Larry W. Allen, Rick Geary (as the cover artist of Do Come In and Other Lizzie Borden Poems), or Stefani Koorey should be made through [email protected].
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