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congratulations due!

Posted on December 17, 2010 by othermindpress

Other Mind Press is deeply gratified to learn that Luther Allen’s book, The View from Lummi Island, is the Number Two Selling Poetry Book for 2010 at Village Books in Bellingham, Washington. Many thanks to poetry readers, book buyers and … Continue reading →

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Luther Allen profiled in Bellingham Herald

Posted on November 1, 2010 by othermindpress

Nice article by Dean Kahn profiling Luther Allen in today’s edition of the Bellingham Herald. (Note that in the Meet the Author details at the end of the article, the Village Books reading is Tuesday, November 16.)

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more buzz

Posted on August 31, 2010 by othermindpress

“In Luther Allen’s The View From Lummi Island, the mystical quality of the project—a catalog of days—rings with music that is both tense and celebratory. The poems offer a physical and spiritual journey, revealing the human psyche, as if the … Continue reading →

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more buzz

Posted on August 28, 2010 by othermindpress

“Having spent fourteen years on Guemes Island, I’ve come to believe that every island ought to have a mountain. Lummi Island has one. And just as islands need mountains, each distinct place deserves to have a writer who pays attention, … Continue reading →

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more buzz

Posted on August 26, 2010 by othermindpress

“Luther Allen is a local poet in the best sense of the word ‘local’—reveling in the splendid and mundane details of place, witness to the barely apparent, his natural round of daily poems compels us to consider the poetry animated … Continue reading →

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buzz

Posted on August 24, 2010 by othermindpress

“Luther Allen’s book, The View From Lummi Island, is a year-long homage in verse to a treasured island. His daily poems capture the essence of place—landscape and seascape—and nod to uncomfortable visitors as well as local reef netters who trod … Continue reading →

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