They joked in some embarrassment
about publishing books at their own
expense even though they are in the
vast majority now — 77 percent of
all books published. He has an out.
He tells people when they ask, which
they invariably do, which publisher
published his two books, that a very
selective, boutique poetry book pub-
lisher in Phoenix, Arizona publishes
his books. At this point, they seem
to be satisfied not knowing that the
very selective, boutique publisher
of poetry books is his daughter, who,
because of the two books they have
published together, is now a very
selective, boutique publisher of
poetry books and children’s books,
if you wish, illustrations by the
publisher, of course, who also
happens to be a starving artist.