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Life in ArtSeriesInvitation to a Secret Feast:Selected Poems, Joumana HaddadEdited & introduced by KhaledMattawa; translated from the Arabicby Khaled Mattawa & othersHaddad’s passionate, poetic voice is renownedthroughout Europe and the Middle East, andTupelo is very proud to be the first to publish herwork in the U.S. In these gorgeous translations,her voice sings, celebrating sexuality, femininityand womanhood.Joumana Haddad lives and works in Beirut,Lebanon. A poet, journalist and translator, sheis editor of the cultural pages of the Lebanesedaily An-Nahar, and Administrator of the ArabBooker Prize. She has published five collectionsof poetry, including Daawa il Ashaa Sirri(Invitation to A Secret Dinner) and AawdatLilith (Lilith’s Return). Her books have beentranslated into French, German, Spanish, andItalian. Speaking seven languages, she hastranslated several works of poetry and proseinto and from Arabic. Haddad received theArab Press Prize in 2006 and in 2009 shewas named one of the “Beirut39,” aprestigious roster of today’s thirty-ninemost talented Arab writers under 39.$16.95 paper, ISBN 978-1-932195-62-0Swallowing the Sea:On Writing & Ambition,Boredom, Purity & SecrecyEssays by Lee UptonWinner, Foreword BOTYA Gold & BronzeIn this inspiring book, Lee Upton honorsambition, that idiosyncratic drive that compelswriters and other artists to action. She exploresthreats to our most daring aspirations andoffers a provocative antidote: obsession.“… a refreshingly honest, compact, ambitious,nuanced, anecdotal, and capacious book aboutwriting. It will make you flinch with recognition.It may also steel your resolve and steady yourhand. I find it exhilarating and even wise.”— Edward HirschLee Upton is the author of five collections ofpoetry, a novella, and four books of literarycriticism. Her awards include a Pushcart Prize,the National Poetry Series Award, two awardsfrom the Poetry Society of America, and theMiami University Novella Award. She isWriter-in-Residence and a professor ofEnglish at Lafayette College.$16.95 paper, ISBN 978-1-936797-13-4$24.95 cloth, ISBN 978-1-936797-14-1Innocent Eye: A PassionateLook at Contemporary ArtEssays by Patricia RosoffWe are grateful to the Antonia and VladimerKulaev Cultural Heritage Fund, Inc., for agenerous grant in support of this book’screation and publication, in honor of artistElena Karina Canvier.Award-winning journalist, artist, and educatorPatricia Rosoff offers a first-hand tour of the sometimesshocking, often challenging ideas that fuelthe art of today. She describes the sources ofpainting, sculpture, photography, and mixed mediain the works of Monet, Kandinsky, Joseph Cornell,Ellen Carey, Spencer Finch, and Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle. With sympathetic consideration ofconceptualism, including works by Sol LeWitt andMierle Ukeles, and with excitement about theinexhaustible potential in abstraction, Rosoff is thegallery or museum guide you’ve always wished tohave along.Patricia Rosoff is the Academic Dean ofHumanities at Kingswood Oxford School, wheresince 1975 she has taught studio art and arthistory. She has been a long-time contributor toArt New England and was art critic for theHartford Advocate newspaper from 1994–2007.$19.95 paper, ISBN 978-1-936797-16-5We're pleased to offer aseries of books celebratingthe daily practice of artisticcreation, the give-and-takeamong artists and theiraudiences, and the lifesustainingreplenishmentthat art offers us, as readersand listeners and observers,in a world filled with greatbooks, music, paintings,sculptures, films, and liveperformances.See also page 9:The Perfect LifeWWW.TUPELOPRESS.ORG17