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It's no mystery that Joseph Lisowski loves a mystery. Whether he's talking about the first novel he ever read or the most recent one, you can best it's a mystery. After growing up under the shadow of Heppenstal Steel Mill in Pittsburgh, Pa., Joseph Lisowski has spent much of his life near the sea, including 10 years in St. Thomas, VI., which serves as the setting for his three published mystery novels, FULL BODY RUB, LOOKING FOR LISA, and LOOKING FOR LAUREN.
He has lived many lives: as a wide-eyed boy, a keeper of keys, a beach comber… (There are poems somewhere commemorating them all.) Now he bicycles regularly with his youngest son along the shore of the Pasquotank River near the outer banks of North Carolina. He and his wife Linda are both professors at Elizabeth City State University. The novel that he's putting finishing touches on now, THE OBEAH SPRIG, is a mystery. This "detective fiction novel," though, is set in Andros Island, the Bahamas, and in Pittsburgh. To solve any lingering mysteries, please Google Joseph Lisowski.
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BOOKS/CHAPBOOKS
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Letters to Wang Wei (a chapbook of poems), forthcoming from Pudding House Publications.
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LOOKING FOR LAUREN, a detective fiction novel, The Eternal Press, Victoria, Australia, March, 2008.
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Lamentations & Oblations (a chapbook of poems), January, 2008, Vulgata (Ontario, Canada).
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An Alchemist's Alphabet (a chapbook of poems), origamicondom.org, September, 2007.
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FULL BODY RUB, a detective fiction novel (Mystery), PublishAmerica, February, 2007.
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Stashu Kapinski Gets Lucky (a chapbook of poems), Pudding House Publications, June, 2006.
· Art Lessons (a chapbook of poems), Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry, January, 2006.
· Sketches of an Island Life (a chapbook of poems), dpi press, August, 2004.
· Fatherhood at Fifty (a chapbook of poems) Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry Books, May, 2004.
· Looking for Lisa, a detective fiction novel (Mystery), The FictionWorks, e-book, October, 2002; paperback, January, 2003.
· Stashu Kapinski Strikes Out (a chapbook of poems), Rank Stranger Press, October, 2002.
· JB, a dialogue in poem form between John the Baptist and King Herod (a chapbook of poems), Poetry Repair Shop, October, 2002
· Grief Work (a chapbook of poems), Kota Press, May, 2001.
· After Death's Silence (a print and online chapbook of poems), 2 River Press, January, 2001.
· Letters to Wang Wei (an online chapbook of poems), plus two essays, "Along the Way" and "On Translating," Words on a Wire, November, 2000.
· Looking for Lauren, a detective fiction novel (Mystery), Bradshaw Award winner, Amelia (Bakersfield, CA), October, 1998.
· Near the Narcotic Sea (book of poems), Cottage Wordsmiths (Pittsburgh), Spring 1992.
· Environment and Labor in the Caribbean (Editor), sociological studies, Transaction Inc., Rutgers University Press, Volume II, 183 pp. 1992.
· Caribbean Perspectives: The Social Structure of a Region (Editor), sociological studies, Transaction Inc., Rutgers University Press, Volume I, 224 pp. 1991.
· Tremors (companion poems with Vincent O. Cooper), University of the Virgin Islands, 1989.
· Three Islands (with Cooper and Parris), poems, University of the Virgin Islands, 1987. .
· Spring Street Blues, poems, 1986 winner of the annual competition, Black Bear Press: Philadelphia, 1987.
· The Brushwood Gate (translations of Wang Wei) with original illustrations and calligraphy, Black Buzzard Press: Arlington, VA.
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Autographed copies of my full-length book of poetry, NEAR THE NARCOTIC SEA (Cottage Wordsmiths, perfect bound, 64 pages), are available for $10 (free shipping and handling).
Autographed copies of my chapbook, THE BRUSHWOOD GATE, translations of the poems of Wang Wei, with original calligraphy, (Black Buzzard Press, 32 pages) are available for $5 (free shipping and handling). See why The Daily News calls the translations "elegant."
Please email jolisowski@yahoo.com for details and to learn about discounts. |
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