The UNO Press has published eight new titles this fall. The publications include poetry, photographs, essays, Austrian politics and a guide to understanding the music business.

 

Theoretical Killings: Essays & Accidents, by Steven Church. Publisher's Weekly calls Church, acclaimed author of The Guinness Book of Me, "a rigorously observant and emotionally perceptive writer likely to stay on readers' radar." Here he stretches his wings into philosophy, and the world will never be the same. This mixed-genre collage of accidents and explorations is a journey into the depths of the human mind. Church examines moral intuition through an imaginary serial killer and soap carver named Smith, has discussions of beauty disguised in blood-filled bathtubs and a butcher shop, and proffers letters of admiration to Abe Lincoln and the Bionic Man. ($16.95; IBSN: 978-0-9706190-6-8)

 

Fall publications of the UNO Press also include the following.

 

Gravestones (Lapidas), by Antonio Gamoneda, translated by Donald Wellman. This translation of Lapidas makes available in English for the first time the poetry of Antonio Gamoneda, recipient of hte Cervantes Prize in 2006 and now, despite years of repression under the Franco regime, one of the most respected voices in Spain. American readers will find Gomeneda's poetry beautifully and skillfully rendered in Wellman's English translation. The poetry communicates not only the painful emotions of Franco-era Spain but also the fortitude of the Spanish people. October 2009. ($18.95; IBSN: 978-1-60801-002-8)

 

Portraits: Photographs in New Orleans 1998-2009, Photographs by Jonathan Traviesa. This collection of portraits by New Orleans photographer Jonathan Traviesa delivers compelling insights into the city and its inhabitants. Each portrait captures the New Orleans character, while the collection paints a vivid portrait of the city itself and the many ways people choose to live in it. October 2009. ($26.95; IBSN: 978-0-9706190-5-1).

 

I Hope It's Not Over, and Good-by: Selected Poems of Everett Maddox, by Everette Maddox, edited by Ralph Adamo. Legendary New Orleans poet Everette Maddox moved to the city after completing studies at the University of Alabama in the 1970s and soon became one of the guiding lights of the local poetry community. He inaugurated the Maple Leaf Bar reading series, now the oldest continuous running reading series in the South, and his life and work left an indelible mark on an entire generation of poets. October 2009. ($16.95; IBSN: 978-1-60801-000-4)

 

 

Rowing to Sweden: Essays on Faith, Love, Politics and Movies, by Fredrick Barton. Fredrick Barton's first collection of nonfiction contends with an impressive range of cultural and political issues. The award-winning essays display a keen and perceptive critical eye trained always on the zeitgeist, whether it is the 1960s, the political climate of the new millennium or anywhere in between. Dinty W. Moore says: "In Rowing to Sweden, Barton continues the best of the essay tradition: wisdom, grace, a stubborn curiosity, and the urge to follow an idea wherever it leads. An intelligent book that will open both heart and mind." October 2009. ($18.95; ISBN: 978-0-9706190-5-1)

 

Dogs in My Life: The New Orleans Photographs of John T. Mendes. Raised in New Orleans, John Tibule Mendes lived most of his life in a two-room house on Broad Street with his beloved mother and their dogs. Only after his death in 1965 was it discovered that this lonely and socially awkward man had spent most of his free time documenting beautiful and unusual scenes of early 20th century New Orleans. His glassplate negatives, discovered after his death and published for the first time, captured subjects typically ignored by the photographers of the era: transvestites, demolition of historic buildings, working class children playing in their yards, the mean streets of New Orleans. The collection is complemented by excerpts from his self-published autobiography, Dogs in My Life. ($26.95. ISBN: 978-1-60801-005-9) Launch Event: Tuesday, December 1, 6-8 p.m., Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street.

 

Understanding the Music Business: A Comprehensive Guide (5th Edition), edited by Irwin Steinberg and Harmon Greenblatt. This edition makes it possible for anyone interested in the music business to gain an increased knowledge of how the business works and the many opportunities and threats that are part of its everyday life. This new edition includes recent changes in the music industry. November 2009. ($24.95; ISBN: 978-1-60801-004-2).

 

The Schussel Era in Austria (Contemporary Austrian Studies, Vol. XVIII), edited by Gunter Bischof and Fritz Plasser. Wolfgang Schussel was a dominating factor in the Austrian political arena over a period of twenty years. His imprint on Austrian history is so significant that many of the authors of the essays in this volume call it "the Schussel era." The essays in this volumen argue that Schussel's political record and legacy are ambiguous. November 2009. ($40; ISBN: 978-1-60801-009-7)