The Adventures of Form and Content
essays by Albert Goldbarth 

Albert Goldbarth is "a dazzling virtuoso who can break your heart," says Joyce Carol Oates. Find out why in this ingenious work of hilarity and humanity that reminds us of the capabilities and impossibilities of art. 

This book takes its title seriously. Turn it one way to read about checkered history sci-fi and pulp fictions, or about the erotic poetry of Catullus and the gravelly songs of Springsteen, or about the high gods and the low-down blues, a city of the holy and of the sinful; turn it the other way to read about prehistoric cave artists and NASA astronauts, or about illness and health, or about the discovery of planets and the discovery of oneself inside an essay, or about soul ships and space ships, the dead and the living; or turn the book any way you want, and this book becomes an adventure of author and reader, form and content. 

The book is published by Minnesota’s Graywolf Press.

World, Chase Me Down
a novel by Andrew Hilleman

Resurrecting a forgotten American folk hero who captivated the nation as an outlaw for economic justice,
World, Chase Me Down chronicles the first great crime of the last century: the revenge kidnapping by former butcher Pat Crowe of the 16-year-old son of Omaha's wealthiest meatpacking tycoon--the man who forced him out of business--for a ransom of $25,000 in gold. 

The ensuing manhunt was dubbed "the thrill of the nation," as Crowe burgles, safe-cracks, and bond-jumps his way across the country, the world, and ultimately back to Omaha, where he turns himself in, reunites with the woman he never stopped loving, and rallies public sentiment behind him in a triumphant circus trial.