Footnotes to the Obvious* (2023)
* Poems by Alan Gullette
“Alan Gullette is a naïf in the sense that the painter Rousseau: is: ‘natural,’ fresh, surprising, dreamlike, peaceable. The world is everything that the obvious case is, but not Gullette’s ‘footnotes’ to it.”
– Alfred Corn, author of All Roads at Once, The Poem’s Heartbeat, et al.
“Footnotes To The Obvious is a crystallizing of the poet’s original Keatsian joy in a life fully conscious and of uncanny hyperclarity which sweeps the reader along with it.”
– John Thomas Allen, author of Lumiere, Rolling In The Third Eye, et al.
Cover art by Alan Gullette
Paperback, 5 x 8 in, 139 pages
ISBN: 9798368051451
$6.95
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The Elephant in the Room & Other Stories (2020)
Whether modern fairy tale or foray in literalism, these nine stories portray unexpected adventure – at work, at home, or while finding a new home. Here are new tunes with ancient tones, full of sound and meaning – and elements of dream. A timely manual on dealing with the unexpected!
Cover art by Michael PerkinPaperback, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 148 pagesISBN-13 : 979-8672840406 $6.95Order on Amazon
Cover art by Michael PerkinPaperback, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 148 pagesISBN-13 : 979-8672840406 $6.95Order on Amazon
Reviving a Dead Priest (2018)
Collects the poet’s reflections on life, death, time, breath, perception and other philosophical topics – all within the narrative framework of a religious leader, his life, his poetry, and the impact on his death on his followers. Seventy-three verses in nine chapters: Death and Life, Initiation, Of Seeming and Being, Light from the East, Reflections on Time, Tabernacle Fire, Five Prayers and a Psalm, Revival, and The End.
"We personally find this volume a godsend or a cosmos-gift of clearness in terms of the ongoing existential maelstrom and confusion. ... This book exercised a positively therapeutic effect on us: and as experienced in strict sequence over the course of a single day of concentrated reading, it changed our consciousness. We cannot ask for anything more than that from any book, and especially from a book of poetry. The sense of fantasy and linguistic play holds high carnival in this volume!" ~ Donald Sidney-Fryer
Paperback, 6" x 9", 132 pagesISBN-13: 978-1986655422$6.95 Order on Amazon
"We personally find this volume a godsend or a cosmos-gift of clearness in terms of the ongoing existential maelstrom and confusion. ... This book exercised a positively therapeutic effect on us: and as experienced in strict sequence over the course of a single day of concentrated reading, it changed our consciousness. We cannot ask for anything more than that from any book, and especially from a book of poetry. The sense of fantasy and linguistic play holds high carnival in this volume!" ~ Donald Sidney-Fryer
Paperback, 6" x 9", 132 pagesISBN-13: 978-1986655422$6.95 Order on Amazon
I Grew These Hueless Clouds in the Dreary South (2017)
A selection of surreal and experimental writing, including the "semi-automatic texts" Thumbnail Sketch for Chateau Design and Dietary Notes for Sanctuary Harmonium. 79 pieces in all.
“Alan Gullette's remarkable gift for finding exactly the right word for the right place, his scintillating use of symbol and metaphor, and the keenness of his insight into the fundamental weirdness of everyday life should give him high rank among modern poets. Gullette is worthy to carry the torch of Californian imaginative poetry. ~ S. T. Joshi
“Alan Gullette's remarkable gift for finding exactly the right word for the right place, his scintillating use of symbol and metaphor, and the keenness of his insight into the fundamental weirdness of everyday life should give him high rank among modern poets. Gullette is worthy to carry the torch of Californian imaginative poetry. ~ S. T. Joshi
“Alan Gullette's poems manage to capture those carefree moments of transport that occur all too rarely after childhood (and frequently only with the help of shamanic inebriants) – the rapture, beatitude and ecstasy of simply being alive. Reading his poems gives me flashbacks to the times when I was tripping in fields of wildflowers, or in forests, with a dryad by my side. – Keith Allan Daniels, author of Satan Is a Mathematician: Poems of the Weird, Surreal and Fantastic; What Rough Book: Dark Poems and Light; Loopy is the Inner Ear; et al.
Paperback, 5" x 8", 106 pages ISBN-13: 978-1548076665$4.95Order on Amazon
Paperback, 5" x 8", 106 pages ISBN-13: 978-1548076665$4.95Order on Amazon
Short Shrift: Sorties in Short Fiction (2017)
A collection of prose pieces written in the “short” formats – prose poem, short short story, short story, and short novel – all in the short time allotted.
A person bumps his head and discovers his interrelatedness to everything... A man dies while working on a new invention... An up-close encounter with nature has unexpected results... A group of boys playing in the words discover ancient ruins... A group of friends seeking cultural enrichment get lost in a glass house... A man tows a floating village by a rope... A painting found in the trash becomes a life-changing obsession... A visit the beach leads to the discovery of worlds unknown... A place where carnies go to retire becomes its own sideshow... A girl plays a game involving a King, a Count, and the Mona Lisa...
In these and other stories, the author combines elements of weird fantasy, surrealism and the absurd to create a unique universe of odd characters in unusual circumstances. The 44 extraordinary pieces are written in the “short” formats and arranged by length: from minimalist short-short stories such as the 60-word "In Fields Themselves"; through 1,000-word short stories including “The Picture” and “Icelandic Shadow-Trap”; to full 4,000-word stories, "The Kingdom at Land's End" and "Wilfred's Hollow"; and the 10,000-word novelette The Six-Button Game (itself composed of six intertwined storylines).
The very concept of story is deconstructed and reconstructed according to the author's whim, aiming to achieve an apotheosis of the ordinary spectacle.
“Intriguing, fascinating and clever. Many of these tales are told in a matter-of-fact voice that reminded me of Richard Brautigan. I also detected shades of Italo Calvino and Thomas Wiloch. Highly recommended if you are looking for something different, intelligent, and a good read." ~ Bruce Boston
Cover art by Michael PerkinPaperback, 5" x 8", 202 pagesISBN-13: 978-1974402182 $5.95Order on Amazon
“Intriguing, fascinating and clever. Many of these tales are told in a matter-of-fact voice that reminded me of Richard Brautigan. I also detected shades of Italo Calvino and Thomas Wiloch. Highly recommended if you are looking for something different, intelligent, and a good read." ~ Bruce Boston
Cover art by Michael PerkinPaperback, 5" x 8", 202 pagesISBN-13: 978-1974402182 $5.95Order on Amazon
The Adventures of Franco Corelli (2017)
The poet employs the fictitious character of Franco Corelli to travel near and far, garnering wisdom from his experiences and poetry from his adventures.
"More promising than a wild dedication of yourselves to unpath’d waters, undream’d shores... " ~ Bill Shakespeare "California poet Alan Gullette writes in his customary lucid style and reminds us of the constancy of the human condition amidst the transitory nature of human affairs." ~ Ken Faig, Jr.
Paperback, 4.25" x 6.75", 104 pages ISBN-13: 978-1544223001Search Keywords: Poetry, Travel, Adventure, Esoterica$4.95Order on Amazon
"More promising than a wild dedication of yourselves to unpath’d waters, undream’d shores... " ~ Bill Shakespeare "California poet Alan Gullette writes in his customary lucid style and reminds us of the constancy of the human condition amidst the transitory nature of human affairs." ~ Ken Faig, Jr.
Paperback, 4.25" x 6.75", 104 pages ISBN-13: 978-1544223001Search Keywords: Poetry, Travel, Adventure, Esoterica$4.95Order on Amazon
