Lush Now Also at Amazon

Lush from Rufous Press is now also available at Amazon. To purchase a copy from Amazon USA click right here and from Amazon UK here. 


Lush is a lovely collection of poetry and prose. The best publication from Rufous Press, according to us editors. You can read more about this title right here.

Guest Bloggers Wanted!

We Rufous Press editors also have a translation bureau. At that site we maintain a language blog. Although it is in Swedish we would like to invite guest bloggers from all over the world. Texts should be in English or Swedish and deal with language. 

Would you like to contribute with a post about language? Some ideas of topics: memories from studying language at school, literary writing, bilingualism, translation difficulties, weird linguistics, problems you have encountered in the language field, etc, etc… 

Remember to add your name (pseudonyms are ok too) and link(s) to your website(s) or project(s). 

Send texts to: info at uppsalatranslations.com

Lush: Reduced Price

You can now purchase a copy of the lovely Lush at a reduced price. This priceless gem is now $8.70. We editors believe that this is the best Rufous Press publication. It deserves to be read and that is why the price is ridicously low. You can buy a copy right here. 

As this was the last book from Rufous Press it is especially rewarding that it is the best one. Editing takes way too much time. We have many other commitments. We want to dedicate our limited spare time to our own writing and other things.  

Thanks to all the wonderful contributors and readers of Rufous Press/Rufous Salon! 

Lush Has Gone Live!

Lush is now available for purchase at Lulu.com. You will find it right here.

Rufous Press’ latest publication Lush contains poetry by John Swain, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Jennifer Lemming, Kevin Ridgeway, Rachel Kellum, Akeith Walters, Tobi Cogswell, Elvis Alves, David Svenson, Ariane Lewis, Cameron Scott, prose poetry by bruno neiva and prose by Matt Galletta, Jenny Enochsson and Ande Enochsson.

“The poetry and prose in Lush span an arc of joy--rough and delicate, lasting and immediate.” -Kathleen Maher

“Lush is an exquisite collection, brimming with the palatial richness of summer’s luster. Like watching August light reveal the veins in shady leaves, the pieces in Lush remind us that this season of warmth is also meta-palace of memory where the scent of clover can unveil a forgotten moment or shadows on water can stir a desire long hidden within. Once again, Rufous Press has produced a thoughtful and exciting compilation of new voices.” -Megan Duffy, Editor of The Meadowland Review

“A diverse collection of contemporary poetry and prose from around the globe, Lush is a compact volume of emotive, fluid, and genuine modern day verse. This joyful selection of warm weather meanderings will speak to even the most casual consumer of poetic wordplay.” -A.g. Synclair, Editor & Publisher of The Montucky Review

Closed to Submissions

Rufous Press is now closed to submissions. We have all the poetry and prose we need for Lush now. Thanks to all the contributors! This forthcoming print anthology will be even better than the great Over Yonder.

Lush will go live later this spring. Stay updated.

Now Also at Amazon.com

Juniperus Flamenco from Rufous Press is now also available at Amazon.com. To purchase a copy from Amazon USA click right here and from Amazon UK here.


Cheers,

The authors of the book

Rufous Press

Rufous Salon used to be an online magazine, as you can see from our archive. These days we publish print publications instead. Our Rufous Press books are launched here in the salon. Check them out right here. 

You will always find the latest call for submissions at Rufous Salon. 

Over Yonder has gone live!

Over Yonder is now available for purchase at Lulu.com. You will find this title and Juniperus Flamenco right here.

This paperback is an anthology of poetry and prose written by American and Swedish writers. We editors can promise you an exciting, great read!

It contains poems and prose from Tobi Cogswell, Kevin Ridgeway, Cameron Scott, Megan Duffy, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Ariane Lewis, Raymond Farr, Philip Byron Oakes, John Swain, Elvis Alves, Christopher Woods, Akeith Walters, Neil Ellman, John Yamrus, Chris Fradkin, Matt Galletta, Jesse S. Mitchell, Daniel Harnsberger, Jennifer Lemming, William Males, Jonas Bengt Svensson, Tomas Klas Ekström, Stina Nilsson, Andreas Andersson, Freke Räihä, Leif Holmstrand, Kristian Carlsson, Håkan Eklund, Mattias Renberg, KG Johansson, Augustin Erba, Ande Enochsson, Jenny Enochsson and cover art by Eleanor Leonne Bennett.

Enjoy!

Ande & Jenny

Ande Enochsson

Steams

green-blue pines

smell of wet bark

oxidised iron in the soil 

frost stiffened them

came from ceilings

abandoned barleycorn fields

coloured dew in woodland junctions

hoarfrost biting the outer skin

smell of frozen steam in his nose

the effervescing humours

reservoir entrances frozen over

icy turmoil waiting for spring

waterlogged trees dialogue

in low key frequency

Ande Enochsson (b.1979) lives in Uppsala, Sweden. He writes short stories and poetry. Some of his pieces have been published in, for instance, Fosebook and Smokestack. Ande is an editor of Rufous Salon and Rufous Press.

Kevin Ridgeway

One-Eyed Cat

our little bastard,

he steals pillows

and hearts

his large mass

of fat floats

with his breaths

on my cheekbones

his snores and

purring wheezes keep us

awake at night,

his one eye

glowing in the

darkness

of television snow

Kevin Ridgeway is a writer from Southern California. Recent work has appeared in Underground Voices, Stanley the Whale and Circus of the Damned. Mr. Ridgeway's chapbook Burn Through Today is forthcoming from Flutter Press.