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<BODY BGCOLOR="#FF0000" TEXT="#080000" LINK="#FFFFFF" ALINK="#000400" VLINK="#FFFFFF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Arial" ><B>FootHills Publishing</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT> |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FootHills Publishing"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2006 Books"><U>2006 Books</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Czarnecki"><U>Czarnecki</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id137.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Dire Elegies"><U>The Dire Elegies</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POP 10"><U>POP 10</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poets on Peace 11"><U>Poets on Peace #11</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SF 56, 57, 58"><U>SF 56, 57, 58</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id129.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SF 59, 60, 61"><U>SF 59, 60, 61</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id134.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SF 62, 63"><U>SF 62, 63</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lowenstein"><U>Lowenstein</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Janus"><U>Janus</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holley"><U>Holley</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id120.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Minar"><U>Minar</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id122.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kennedy"><U>Kennedy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id123.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Emorine"><U>Emorine</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stowell"><U>Stowell</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jackson"><U>Jackson</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mullen"><U>Mullen</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id139.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Coon AWAY"><U>Coon AWAY</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id140.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Curry"><U>Curry</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id141.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Evans"><U>Evans</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hallowell"><U>Hallowell</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guruianu"><U>Guruianu</U></A>   |   <B>Bauer</B>   |   <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gilman"><U>Gilman</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Susquehanna Watershed Antholgy"><U>Susquehanna Watershed Antholgy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Leichner"><U>Leichner</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nixon"><U>Nixon</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bruce Bennett"><U>Bruce Bennett</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id150.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poets on Peace 12"><U>Poets on Peace #12</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering by Mail"><U>Ordering by Mail</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact FHP"><U>Contact FHP</U></A></div> <bR> <div> larry bauer</div> <bR> <div> <I>health insurance and other matters of death</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="3e090580.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#upcoming_readings_and_book_signing" TITLE="Bauer"><U><I>Upcoming Readings and Events</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I>Whether death welcomes your loved one gently into its other kingdom or if it rips you and your family in half, you will be forever changed. My life has been forever changed, sometimes gently, sometimes by being ripped in half. These poems are an attempt to recognize that there is poetry in pain. Hopefully, you will find yourself within these pages and know that poetry can arise out of your pain as well. That is my wish for all who read this book-enjoy.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> In his debut collection, <I>health insurance and other matters of death</I>, larry bauer grieves. He grieves for a favorite car beyond repair. He grieves for childhood lost. He grieves for lives lost, souls lost. At the heart of it is the grief of having witnessed the startlingly sudden death of a loved one, and what it means to be the survivor. </div> <bR> <div> These poems are carefully constructed, but because bauer's distinctive style is not complicated or fussy, they are approachable, with language that is familiar but fresh. He is at his best in this collection when he lets his grief speak through him, as in his poem "pure class," an address to the late Stevie Ray Vaughan.</div> <bR> <div> These are poems that dare you to look at them without flinching, written in earnest with an honesty and forth-rightness characteristic of bauer's work. </div> <bR> <div> In reading <I>health insurance</I> I am reminded of the many ways death - and life - can take you by surprise. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  Cati Porter, editor of<I> Poemeleon</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> In his new collection, titled <I>health insurance and other matters of death</I>, larry's poems take a darker turn. Each poem is an evocative mini-story. In one of my favorites, “kelsie,” larry uses the voice of a child and creative punctuation in a brilliant illustration that draws the reader to the center of this heartbreaking poem.</div> <bR> <div> His poem, “golgotha,” about the death of his brother, combines the lyrical with the realistic, for a stunning result, beginning with a surprising, dramatic opening stanza “i will always remember our last supper at taco johns”.  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Rachel Iverson, poetry editor of<I> Literary Mama</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Comment from a reader:</div> <bR> <div> <I>I have finished reading your booklet of poetry - will I ever finish reading this?  In fragmented sentences you have brought chilling visions and feelings.  The terror children feel torn from all they know: the numbness from the violence that racks our everyday lives and the sadness of losing a beloved one.  Yet there is an amusing poignance in letting go of the first car that we share.  Thank you for this insight to a hallowed ground.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Betty Van Diest</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>From the book:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>health insurance</B></div> <bR> <div> it has been hard seeing </div> <div> my niece look like a cross </div> <div> between a prize fighter</div> <div> and frankenstein.</div> <bR> <div> her left eye was swollen </div> <div> with black and blue; in fact, </div> <div> the whole left side of her </div> <div> face was swollen.</div> <div> the entire left side and top</div> <div> of her head was shaved;</div> <div> stitches and staples snaked</div> <div> from just above her left temple </div> <div> to the top of her head and </div> <div> finally, ending in the back</div> <div> of her skull.</div> <bR> <div> she lay in her neuro-critical </div> <div> hospital bed drained of all energy,</div> <div> somewhat lifeless.</div> <bR> <div> however, her senses of </div> <div> hearing, sight and smell </div> <div> were super sensitive. </div> <bR> <div> she couldn't stand us talking </div> <div> above a whisper and definitely </div> <div> preferred my lower voice to</div> <div> those of my wife, sister-in-law </div> <div> and jen's friend, all females</div> <div> and higher pitched.</div> <bR> <div> the slightest squeak of her door </div> <div> drove her crazy, and even two days</div> <div> later when her sensitivity lessened,</div> <div> the sound of a package being opened </div> <div> was so loud, it was painful.</div> <bR> <div> she was ultra sensitive to light </div> <div> as well : despite two layers of curtains</div> <div> were drawn, she preferred us to block </div> <div> even more light with our bodies</div> <div> while we visited her.</div> <bR> <div> she described her sense of smell </div> <div> to be so strong she could identify who</div> <div> was visiting her by their smell; </div> <div> she couldn't see us: her left eye </div> <div> swollen shut with drained </div> <div> blood and her right too</div> <div> blind without a contact lens.</div> <bR> <div> she told me that she</div> <div> knew who her nurse was by </div> <div> her smell and whether she was</div> <div> wearing rubber gloves</div> <div> or not.</div> <bR> <div> but her sense of feeling </div> <div> didn't fare so well,</div> <div> she couldn't feel everything</div> <div> equally.  she couldn't </div> <div> get her arm to work </div> <div> correctly and she couldn't </div> <div> stand on her leg or </div> <div> get it to walk like it</div> <div> once could.</div> <bR> <div> i wondered if she would </div> <div> ever return to the jennifer </div> <div> i once knew and i studied her, </div> <div> perhaps searching for an</div> <div> answer, hopefully unnoticed, </div> <div> with a bit of scientific</div> <div> curiosity and with</div> <div> a bit of horror.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> larry bauer is married to an incredible fiction writer, and they have two beautiful children.  He has a B.A. in literature, writing, and theatre from Carroll College in Helena, MT.  His work has appeared in <I>Poemeleon, Literary Mama, Colors, Wild Roses in Spring, Changes of Seasons</I>, and others.  The gift of marriage and fatherhood is almost beyond poetic, but occasionally he tries to capture it on paper.  You may reach him by e-mail at lbauer@mt.net.</div> <bR> <div> <U> <A NAME="upcoming_readings_and_book_signing"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U><U>Upcoming Readings and Book Signing Events</U></div> <div> <U>with larry bauer</U></div> <bR> <div> Nov 10th </div> <div> Art Walk </div> <div> 6PM-9PM </div> <div> The Made in Montana Store </div> <div> Helena, MT </div> <bR> <div> Nov. 15th </div> <div> reading/interview</div> <div> Coffee Break (local radio talk show)</div> <div> KBLL AM 1240</div> <div> 9-10am</div> <bR> <div> Nov 18th </div> <div> 1PM-3PM </div> <div> Montana Book and Toy Company </div> <div> Helena, MT </div> <bR> <div> Nov 24th </div> <div> 1PM-3PM </div> <div> Fact and Fiction </div> <div> Missoula, MT </div> <bR> <div> Christmas Open House </div> <div> Dec 2nd </div> <div> 10AM-2PM </div> <div> Knox Flowers </div> <div> Helena, MT </div> <bR> <div> Reader's Theatre </div> <div> Jan 21st </div> <div> 7:30PM-9PM </div> <div> Helena, MT</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>health insurance and other matters of death</I></div> <div> is a 28 page hand-sewn chapbook  - $8.00</div> <bR> <bR> <div> TO ORDER  ON-LINE </div> <bR> <div> <B>            <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="health insurance. . ."> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="06-14"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="8.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>     </B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/view_cart.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="display" value="1"> </form>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering by Mail"><U>To order through mail click here</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </BODY>