http://rainynightspress.org promoting literary arts and social change Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:54:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Habit of Rainy Nights Press is hosting a Book Release Party and Reception for Shelley Davidow and her memoir, The Eye of the Moon, on Thursday, August 9th, 7:00 pm at The Hundreth Monkey Studio, 120 SE 16th Ave in Portland (SE 16th & Ankeny, one block south of ... http://rainynightspress.org/book-release-party-and-reception-for-shelley-davidow/ Although we have only opt-in mailing lists, a newsletter we sent out was evidently flagged as spam. Our website host said the likely culprit is AOL, which is notorious for reporting legitimate mail to its customers as spam. We ourselves receive huge amounts of spam every day, so we ... http://rainynightspress.org/no-more-aol-addresses-on-our-mailing-list/ Well, the plug was pulled on us at our new address. The landlord returned our deposit and said he had decided not to rent it after all. Because we need to put our energy into marketing The Eye of the Moon, we have decided to stay in Portland for ... http://rainynightspress.org/erase-that-address-change-2/ The time has finally arrived to make our move out of Portland. Beginning on July 1st, our official address will be 401 S. Water St., Silverton, OR 97381. For those who don't know, Silverton is a beautiful little historic town on Silver Creek, east of Salem. It is a very ... http://rainynightspress.org/we-are-moving-to-silverton-oregon/ Here are some of the blurbs we've received from Oregon authors who have read The Eye of the Moon. “Shelley Davidow’s extraordinary, lyrical prose is dense with fragrance, eroticism, and the poetry of recalled passion. The short sections read like perfect snapshots of the past, holding a rhythm and deep sensuality ... http://rainynightspress.org/what-authors-say-about-the-eye-of-the-moon/ Urgent Action Needed The US Postal Service is about to raise the rate for small magazines and publications. The new rates, proposed by Time Warner, will raise the cost for little publications by 30%. This is coming up fast (April 23rd), so please act today! Read this article by Robert McChesney: ... http://rainynightspress.org/news-for-this-month/ The Habit of Rainy Nights Press is putting out a call for manuscripts. We are looking at one or two projects for 2008. If you have a full-length book of literary-quality fiction, creative non-fiction, or social / cultural criticism, we may be interested in reviewing it. We are a very ... http://rainynightspress.org/call-for-manuscripts/ Celilo Stories Conference I will be attending the Celilo Stories Conference, marking the 50th anniversary of the drowning of Celilo Falls, this next weekend (March 17 & 18), in The Dalles. The conference is free to the public, and is a great chance to hear poets, writers, historians, and native ... http://rainynightspress.org/march-news/ The Eye of the Moon, a new memoir by South African native, Shelley Davidow, is scheduled for release in July by The Habit of Rainy Nights Press. Davidow is the author of several children's books dealing with Africa and African identity. Ms. Davidow is a former resident of Oregon, and ... http://rainynightspress.org/the-eye-of-the-moon-due-july-2007-2/ VERSE IN PERSON Wednesday, October 25 NW Library Branch, 23rd and NW Thurman, 7-8 PM. Duane Poncy and Patricia McLean. Duane Poncy and Patricia McLean are poets, activists, performers, and co-founders and publishers of The Habit of Rainy Nights Press, whose first offering was "Raising our Voices-- An Anthology of Oregon Poets Against ... http://rainynightspress.org/editors-to-be-guests-of-the-october-vip-reading/