A Mirror to the Safe (1997) by Greg Keeler
Letterpress printed on Mohawk Superfine paper and sewn by hand between Canson wrappers in an edition of 500.
Letterpress printed on Mohawk Superfine paper and sewn by hand between Canson wrappers in an edition of 500.
Letterpress printed on Mohawk Superfine paper and sewn by hand between Canson wrappers in an edition of 500.
This is perhaps the most sober and serious collection from a writer otherwise known for his humorous poems and songs. Anyone who considers his or her life safe from physical and emotional disaster should read this book along with his memoir Trash Fish: A Life (Counterpoint Press, 2008).
Greg Keeler is a Montana songwriter, poet, writer, artist, humorist, and professor emeritus at Montana State University, where he taught creative writing and contemporary literature. He plays guitar, harmonica, and kazoo. Born in the flatlands of Oklahoma, he is the author of several other collections of poems, including American Falls (Confluence Press, 1987), and Epiphany at Goofy’s Gas (Clark City 1991), and two memoirs, Waltzing with the Captain: Remembering Richard Brautigan (Limberlost Press, 2004) and Trash Fish: A Life (Counterpoint, 2008). Keeler has written Montana "operas," and other musicals, and recorded a number of CDs, including Live from Nowhere (Trout Ball Productions). He’s winner of awards for teaching and writing, including the Governor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities from the Montana Committee for the Humanities in 2001.
