COLUMBUS book gets a new title!
January 9, 2009
Yes!! We have a new title for the Columbus book. After months of trying on titles and discarding all but a short list of possibilities, the good folks at Knopf-Doubleday in New York offered up a winner. It’s simple and beautifully reflects the essence of the book. I’m very pleased to announce the new title:
Waiting for Columbus
September 1, 2009 is the Canadian AND US release date for “Waiting for Columbus.” And for those of you who have heard of the band “Little Feat,” this is also the title of an absolutely seminal live recording by this band, and the title of the work of art that acts as album cover.
sparrow meditation continued
This morning – with the clouds an experiment in the twenty-three million nuances of grey – I went to pour the seed into the bottom of the feeder and a single bird jumped from its resting perch to a new branch – away from me but close enough that I was able to imagine this vigilant bird perhaps remembered me – the man who put the seed. This little hop scared me. In the early morning dull light, I’d thought the bird was one of last year’s apples – not fallen – flora gone askew – an apple that can’t let go. I stood there blinking at the bird blinking at me. I finished filling the feeder and sparrow didn’t move.
6 Comments
1. Moira had this to say: Jan 09, 2009 ~ 08:48 ~ #
Well, that is certainly no little feat in and of itself. I shall be eagerly a-Waiting for Columbus to appear in a fine literary distribution establishment in September.
Congrats!
2. Mike Gravel had this to say: Jan 09, 2009 ~ 09:12 ~ #
Fantastic! I can’t wait…it’s been a long time coming. Once again, a great big “well done” to you, Trofs. Awesome.
3. Elena Ray had this to say: Jan 09, 2009 ~ 09:41 ~ #
Congrats-great title-smooth-makes the reader think “why?” and get the curiosity juices flowing. Love the poem ‘muk.
4. Adam Snider had this to say: Jan 09, 2009 ~ 11:35 ~ #
September can’t come soon enough. Glad to hear that you’ve got a title in place, Thomas.
5. wini brewer had this to say: Jan 11, 2009 ~ 07:35 ~ #
Hi Thomas,
I’d been reading all the bird stuff from you and your pals when I came upon this passage in a book I am reading. (The Maytrees by Annie Dillard):
“On the sill outside Maytree saw a chickadee whose breath was condensing just beyond its beak into a white pellet. It looked like a cartoon balloon that should inscribe chickadee wit inside”.