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Music for Myotises
“. . . its wings
like oars; rowing in the blackish cataracts
of a winter porch.”
- Norman Dubie
Edited by Cat Dossett;
published in May 2020.
Contents:
- “Hibernaculum” by Bobby Murphy
- “Bats: A Documentary” by Sarah DeWeerdt
- “Transmogrified” by Zachary Bos
- “Bat” by Diana Adams
- “Summer Visitors ” by Sarah L. Hill
- “Myotis” by Priest Gooding
- “The Bat” by Katie Phillips
- “Easy Prey” by Blake Campbell
- “Northern Long-Eared Bats on the Pipeline Route” by Jennifer Martelli
Editor's note:
“When North American bats tuck into their hibernacula for the winter—often dark, wet caves—they find themselves at risk of contracting the deadly white-nose syndrome. A fungal disease, it presents a crisis to bat populations, reducing the numbers of species such as the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) and the vulnerable tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus). The North American Society for Bat Research notes that “North American bats have never faced as dire a threat as white-nose syndrome in recorded history"; "this disease has the potential to spread rapidly across most of Canada and the United States, likely creating an ecological disaster.”
In this time of climate catastrophe, it is easy to feel despair. It is easy to look from impending ecological disaster to disaster and wonder if there is hope for us, residents of Earth, human and animal alike. But times like these call for art. We write, we draw, we stave off despair. This anthology rose from a desire for action. Gathered here are poems in praise of the bat and its role in the environment. And it hopes to encourage readers, too, to hold fast in this time of need.” - CLD
About the editor: Cat Dossett is Chapbooks Editor of Pen & Anvil Press and author of two comics: Laika, on the first dog in space, and Vessel, a confessional tale of watching Adam Driver movies in the bathtub. Her art and writing can be found in publications including Burn, New England Review of Books, and Sobotka Literary Magazine, and on the cover of these four animal chapbooks. She is on Twitter, Medium and Instagram.
Each paid copy sold of these chapbooks will ship with a bonus postcard, featuring original art of the four theme animals (pictured at right).
About our illustrator: Catherine Enwright is a doctoral candidate studying English literature at Boston College, and a 2019-2020 Bookbuilders of Boston scholarship recipient.
Cover titles in Besom and Parker, with interior text set in Minion and Whitney. Published by Hawk & Whippoorwill, an imprint of Pen & Anvil Press. For permissions or bulk ordering, please contact us by email.
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