Animal Songs (2010) – 140 pages; $14.00
Exploring animals as creatures in their own right and as metaphors for the human experience, these 71 poems range in tone from foreboding to comical. With over 50 original illustrations by an accomplished artist and a full-color original cover, Animal Songs will set your mind humming with ideas and images and will make an appealing gift for lovers of animals and poetry alike.
Watch Dan read from Animal Songs. (Video)
The Pitch is on the Way: Poems About Baseball and Life (2008) – 112 pages; $13.00
How does it feel to love, play, and watch baseball as a kid and as an adult? After a Foreword by Peter Magowan, ex-President of the SF Giants, 50 poems and 21 professional illustrations depict the players and the plays; the challenges of each position; the ups and downs of hitting and fielding; the role of support staff like umpires and coaches; and baseball's fabled history.
A Family Album (2006) – 144 pages; $17.00
Darkly humorous and sharply perceptive poems describe the joys and sorrows of a second-generation Jewish childhood with perfectionist parents and a schizophrenic child. Verbal portraits of eccentric relatives abound in this tale of the losses and small triumphs of a family under siege by mental illness. Includes 23 family album photos and expressive graphic designs and 2 CDs of the author (a trained actor) reading all the poems.