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Hard Landing
by Rick Smith (2010)

“Rick Smith’s spare yet dense poetry is reminiscent of Basho, the Japanese haiku master, and displays much of the same restraint and discipline.”– Mark Terrill

“The wren lends itself to ethical and etymological inquiry, the poet says. This new collection, including lyrics from The Wren Notebook, embodies an [...]

Lummox Press
was created in 1994 by RD Armstrong. It began as a self-publishing/DIY imprint for poetry by RD. Several chapbooks were published and in late 1995 it began publishing the Lummox Journal, a monthly small/underground press lit-arts zine. Available primarily by subscription, the LJ continued it’s exploration of the “creative process” until its demise as [...]

Todd Moore © 2009
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be copied or otherwise used without the express written permission of the author, except in cases of review.
ISBN 978-1-929878-01-7
First Printing. Published by Lummox Press POB 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733, www.lummoxpress.com Back cover photo by Pete Jonsson. Printed by CreateSpace.com
“Todd Moore runs with [...]

Gerald Locklin (poems) & Beth Wilson (stories) ©2010
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ISBN 978-1-929878-08-6
First edition. Lummox Press PO Box 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733 Printed in the United States of America
Acknowledgements: Good in Bed and Vanessa Bell: Charleston [...]

Edited by RD Armstrong & William Taylor Jr. © 2009
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ISBN 978-1-929878-03-1
First edition. Lummox Press PO Box 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733  Printed in the United States of America. Some of these poems [...]

Michael Adams ©2010
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ISBN 978-1-929878-17-8
First edition. Lummox Press PO Box 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733  Printed in the United States of America. Acknowledgments:My thanks to the editors of [...]

John Yamrus © 2009
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ISBN 978-1-929878-00-0
First Printing. Published by Lummox Press POB 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733 www.lummoxpress.com
Some of these poems have appeared in the following publications: Antiteze, Art With Words, [...]

John Bennett © 2010
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ISBN 978-1-929878-09-3
First edition. Lummox Press PO Box 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733
Printed in the United States of America.
Some of these Shards and poems have appeared in the following hard-copy and [...]

RD Armstrong © 2008
ISBN 978-1-929878-99-4
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Acknowledgments: A Journey up the Coast originally appeared as Little Red Book #11 (Lummox Press); On/Off the Beaten Path originally appeared as Little Red Book #27 [...]

RD Armstrong © 2008
ISBN 978-1-929878-97-0
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First Printing. Lummox Press PO Box 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733
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Acknowledgments: The author gratefully thanks Tom Armstrong for his help in bringing this project to fruition, Chris Yeseta [...]