Clem has two poetry books for sale: Prairie Sky Prairie Ground ($12) and Listen For the Silence: A Walk Through the Natural World ($14). Prairie Sky has a lot of memoir poems from Clem's growing up (or should it be said his first two decades of life, since he is still growing up). Listen For the Silence's poems are reflections on the natural world that is such an important part of Clem. Some of them are from his extensive travels, others from places near to home.
Elizabeth has one poetry book for sale: Waiting For the Heat to Pass ($14). Women especially gravitate to her writings. The best feedback she has heard was by a book store manager who told her about the woman who said "I have to have this book" and walked out holding her treasure close to her heart.
Clem and Elizabeth also have CD's of their collaborative effort with NUBE, a musical ensemble of musicians from South America. The CD's title is The Golden Bird ($15) and traces the journey of a mythological bird down the Amazon River.
The three books are available at these bookstores: Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Birchbark Books, Common Good Books, Loyola Spirituality Center, Benedictine Spirituality Center, Cokesbury Bookstore at United Theological Seminary, and St Martin's Table (until they close in December). Out-of-town stores are Beagle Books and Bindery (Park Rapids), Sister Wolf Books (Dorset), and Mound Bookstore (Sinsinawa, Wisc.) At this point in our writing lives, we have chosen to sell our books directly, at independent bookstores, and at nonprofit places who benefit from sales of books
The CD can be ordered from us or from Nicolas Carter (http://www.nicolascarter.com/). Books also can be ordered from us. Contact us at cnagel@cpinternet.com.
And if you just can't think of anyone who would benefit from the gift of our poetry (and we can't imagine anyone who wouldn't), go to Banfill-Locke's annual holiday sale A Gift for All Seasons from December 2-18 There you can buy our photography as well as other gifts made by local artists.
Support your local artists this holiday season.
The Twin Cities is a rich place for artists of all kinds. When you give a gift created by one of them, you give three times - to the recipient of your gift and to the artist who lives and works here. And you contribute to keeping the arts alive in this great place where we all are fortunate to live.
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