Michael Salinger: NEON (a poem is...) Vespula Vulgaris (common wasp) Redtail Runaway Van Gilligan Glasses The Great Blue Heron Pleco Stingray Nietzsche's Horse Fidel Castro @ Birdland Glasses - audio version - thanks to Mongo @ Indiefeed Animated poems Biospherically Speaking Freefall Snowball

So Real it's Surreal by Michael Salinger 16 pgs. ISBN 1-881786-50-1 $7.00 ppd A witty booklet of writing exercises based on Salinger's workshops which use surrealist parlor games to nurture creativity and teach the understanding and use of imagery, metaphor and story structure. These activities will enhance any creative writing class and cure any writer's block! Spiral bound for easy classroom use.

Sunday Morning by Michael Salinger 51 pgs. $8.00 ppd Published by Burning Press If you think current American literature is little more than soulless piles of dead trees, read this collection from Michael Salinger and Reconsider. Witty, irreverent, provocative, Salinger punctuates the last sentence of the 20th century with his - and only his - unique exclamations point. Clearly the victim of too many mindless sitcoms and unchecked chemical ingestion, Salinger's vision demonstrates just how dngerous the American ego combined with an impressive vocabulary can be. Ron Kolb, editor Sapphire Magazine

Neon by Michael Salinger 84 pgs. $12.00 ppd Published by Bottom Dog Press What happens when a punk grows up? Because that's what happens to Michael Salinger in Neon. What once was a welder's glare efficiently tucked into a Toolbelt of Cynicism has become Neon Has become Art, has become The Thing Illuminated. Of course Salinger is still a punk, too...Only now the work sets out a philosophy. Now he's given you something to hold, to relish, not fear. There's even prose here, sweet and sudden and folksy and smart and full of feeling. He invites you in, not kicks you out. To accomplish this all Salinger has to do was reinvent himself. Neon accomplishes this task. A poet, it seems might just be a punk grown up, and Neon makes a stunning debut. Bob Holman, creator of the PBS documentary, The United States of Poetry

They Call it Fishing not Catching by Michael Salinger 24 pgs. $7.50 ppd Published by WordSmith Press. Zen meets a spinning rod. The self proclaimed "Grand King Daddy of all poets referencing fish. Here it is - the definitive collection of Salinger's ichthyologic musings. Perfect reading for anyone that has dropped a line into the water and hoped for that big one - literally or metaphorically. Illustrated - Perfect bound, gloss color cover.

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