Reissue of the 1958 classic true story of a woman's descent into schizophrenia and her journey back to sanity.

"O'Brien has produced a work of brilliance and power, evoking a combination of Kafka and Joyce, with a touch of Orwell." Robert R. Kirsch, " Los Angeles Times"

"An absorbing account of life in the dream world of a schizophrenic." "Publishers Weekly"

"For six months she travels around the country on Greyhound buses, captive of the Operators, who push and pull, torment, confuse, and exhaust her. And at the end of her time of madness, she understands precisely what has been happening. Her insight is penetrating and irresistible. Her writing is delectable. She displays gut-wrenching humor and pungent metaphor with an eloquent, eminently readable style. This book is enthusiastically recommended." "Coevolution Quarterly"

"Astonishing recollections." "Punch"

"Striking autobiography." "Phenomenological Sociology"

"Brilliantly reveals what the unconscious is like." "Publishers Trade List Annual"

..".the author is contributing irreplaceably to our knowledge." "Archives of General Psychiatry"

"A beautifully lucid autobiographical description of a psychotic episode that lasted six months whose healing motion is clear." R.D. Laing, "The Politics of Experience"

"With penetration and satisfying imagery, Miss O'Brien (a pseudonym) describes her psychosis, from which unaccountably and spontaneously she recovers." William F. Buckley, "National Review"

The Silver Birch Press SUMMER ANTHOLOGY is a collection of summer-related poetry, prose poems, short stories, essays, and memoirs from over 70 established and up-and-coming in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Africa.

Contributors include: Jeffrey C. Alfier / William Blake / John Brantingham / Julie Cadawallader-Staub / Anton Chekhov / Virginie Colline / Daniel Patrick Delaney / Colleen Delegan / Kirsten Dierking / David Dondero / Paul Laurence Dunbar / Barbara Eknoian / Merrill Farnsworth / Paul Fericano / Chris Forhan / Susie Sweetland Garay / Jeffrey Graessley / Syed Afzal Haider / win harms / Donna Hilbert / Rodger Jacobs / Diane Eagle Kataoka / Michael C. Keith / Ruth Moon Kempher / Linda King / Ted Kooser / Thomas Kudla / Moriah LaChapell / Ellaraine Lockie / Gerald Locklin / Tamara Madison / Karen Margolis / Clint Margrave / Catfish McDaris / Daniel McGinn / Lori McGinn / Marcia Meara / Edna St. Vincent Millay / Carolyn Miller / Paul Nebenzahl / Gerald Nicosia / Jax NTP / Jason Parker / bart plantenga / Jackie Pledger-Skwerski / Stanley Plumly / Ivon Prefontaine / Conrad Romo / Daniel Romo / Carl Sandburg / William Shakespeare / Raymond King Shurtz / Tere Sievers / Joan Jobe Smith / Rick Smith / Clifton Snider / Dale Sprowl / Kendall Steinle / Caitlin Stern / Robert Louis Stevenson / Tate Swindell / Larry D. Thomas / Thomas R. Thomas / Jeri Thompson / Mary Umans / Dirk Velvet / Philip Vermaas / Melanie Villines / Diane Wakoski / Bruce Weigl / Edith Wharton / Heathcote Williams / Eddie Woods / Joanie Hieger Fritz Zosike

Poetry, short stories, novel excerpts, essays, and memoirs that revolve around the many and varied connotations of the word "green" -- nature, luck, money, envy, young love, new life, the environment, food, trees, seasons, water, eden, and much more -- from over 70 authors in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Europe, and Africa.

Contributors include: " Barbara Alfaro / Jena Ardell / L. Frank Baum / William Blake / Al Basile / Jane Buel Bradley / John Brantingham / Jessica Brown / Rachel Carey / Chris Davidson / Patrick Delaney / Colleen Delegan / Philip K. Dick / Barbara Eknoian / Dan Fante / Merrill Farnsworth / Syed Afzal Haider / Joe Hakim / Henry VIII / Donna Hilbert / Gaia Holmes / Gerard Manley Hopkins / Zack Hunter / Rodger Jacobs / James Joyce / Michael C. Keith / Erle Kelly / Ruth Moon Kempher / Thom Kudla / Steve Kuhn / Moriah LaChapell / LeeAnne McIlroy Langton / Ellaraine Lockie / Gerald Locklin / Amy Lowell / Sandylee Maccoby / Tamara Madison / Marc Malandra / Karen Margolis / Clint Margrave / Andrew Marvell / Daniel McGinn / Lori McGinn / Marcia Meara / Jack Micheline / Benjamin Myers / Brooke Nia / Jax NTP / Ivon Prefontaine / Jonne Rhodes / Conrad Romo / Luke Salazar / Tere Sievers / Joan Jobe Smith / Clifton Snider / Dale Sprowl / Kendall Steinle / Tate Swindell / Paul Kareem Tayyar / G. Murray Thomas / Jeri Thompson / Margaret Towner / Mary Umans / Dirk Velvet / Philip Vermaas / Melanie Villines / Kurt Vonnegut / Fred Voss / Bruce Weigl / Tim Wells / Pamela Miller Wood / Eddie Woods"

A collection of poetry, short stories, memoirs, book excerpts, interviews, and essays about Charles Bukowski as well as portraits of the author from over 75 writers and artists around the world.

Cover Art: Mark Erickson (markerickson.com) and Katy Zartl (birgitzartl.com)

Contributing Editors: Jocelyne Desforges, S.A. Griffin, Suzanne Lummis, David Roskos, Joan Jobe Smith, Eddie Woods

Contributors include (in alphabetical order): Christopher R. Adams / Sheril Antonio / RD Armstrong / The Art Warriors (Antonio Gamboa) / David Barker / William Barker / Black Sifichi / Harry Calhoun / David Stephen Calonne / Jared A. Carnie / Neeli Cherkovski/ Kim Cooper / Abel Debritto / Henry Denander / Jocelyne Desforges / Rene Diedrich / John Dorsey / Mark Erickson / Dan Fante / Paul Fericano / Karen Finley / Jack Foley / FrancEyE / Ed Galing / Joan Gannij / Anggo Genorga / Marjorie Gilbert / Jeffrey Graessley / S.A. Griffin / win harms / Donna Hilbert / Rodger Jacobs / Linda King / Harvey Kubernik/ Dana Laina / Lautir (Fabrizio Cassetta) / Suzuki Limbu / Michael Limnios / Gerald Locklin / Suzanne Lummis / Marvin Malone / Adrian Manning / Dean Marais / Germa Marquez Catfish McDaris / Ann Menebroker / Heather Minette / Austin Mitchell / Richard Modiano / Jon Monday / Jeff Morgan / Paul Nebenzahl / Gerald Nicosia / Michael O'Brien / bart plantenga / David S. Pointer / Alvaro Pozo / D.A. Pratt / Wendy Rainey / Steve Richmond / David Roskos / Russ Runfola / Richard Schave / Raymond King Shurtz / Joan Jobe Smith / Ben Talbot / Mark Terrill / dirk velvet / Melanie Villines / Fred Voss / Scott Wannberg / Vanessa Wilken / A.D. Winans / Bradley Wind / Erik Woltersdorf / Pamela "Cupcakes" Wood / Tim Youd / Katy Zartl

Spanning a 40-year timeframe, 1967-2007, GERALD LOCKLIN: New and Selected Poems features many of this esteemed poet's most iconic and memorable poems.

A fun, photo-filled exploration of Ronald Reagan's Hollywood years that reveals how The Gipper evolved into the Great Communicator.

One Man's Journey From Hollywood's Golden Age to Out-of-this World Experiences BEYOND HOLLYWOOD tells the story of J. Herbert Klein, an "everyman" who leads a truly extraordinary life. With a Forrest-Gump-like knack for landing in the right place at the right time, a creative and inventive mind, and an enduring curiosity about things beyond the obvious, he is a one-of-a-kind American icon. During Hollywood's Golden Age, Klein was associated with some of the world's richest, most powerful, most celebrated people. He counted Ronald Reagan as a mentor, Frank Sinatra as a friend, Howard Hughes as a boss, Jayne Mansfield as a confidante, and Zsa Zsa Gabor as a leading lady. BEYOND HOLLYWOOD reveals Klein's inside stories of these American icons -- but there's more. A close friend of legendary actor Jon Hall, Klein's adventures include forays into the unusual and unknown, and outright mysteries. Hollywood producer, builder, impresario, inventor, and innovator, after decades of silence, this mover and shaker shares his fascinating, never-before-told stories in BEYOND HOLLYWOOD.

""For all its brilliance on a micro scale, it's easy to lose sight of the anthology's vastness...It weighs in at a hefty 240 pages, and features no fewer than 62 different contributors...One outcome is that I'll be following many of the names this anthology has brought to my attention, their work blazing a silver trail that I urge you to explore with as much curiosity as I will be."" RORY O'SULLIVAN, Sabotage Reviews, sabotagereviews.com

The Silver Birch Press" Silver Anthology" is a collection of poetry, essays, short stories, novel excerpts, and stage play scenes from 62 accomplished and up-and-coming authors in the United States and United Kingdom. The writing ranges in style and subject matter -- but all the work touches on "silver" in a variety of creative, original, and compelling ways.

Contributors include: "Barbara Alfaro / Jena Ardell / Melissa Berry / Jane Buel Bradley / John Brantingham / Rachel Carey / Chiwan Choi / Billy Cook / Barbara Dahl / Walter de la Mare / Colleen Delegan / Gillian Eaton / Barbara Eknoian / Merrill Farnsworth / Syed Afzal Haider / Joe Hakim / Andrew Hilbert / Donna Hilbert / Gaia Holmes / Zack Hunter / Diane Eagle Kataoka / Ruth Moon Kempher / Linda King / Thom Kudla / Moriah LaChapell / LeeAnne McIlroy Langton / Vickie Lester / Ellaraine Lockie / Gerald Locklin / Amy Lowell / Sandylee Maccoby / Tamara Madison / Clint Margrave / Daniel McGinn / Marcia Meara / Ann Menebroker / Jack Micheline / Ben Myers / Jax NTP / Hank Perritt / Meghan Pinson / Jackie Pledger-Skwerski / Kathy Dahms Rogers / Conrad Romo / Luke Salazar / Joan Jobe Smith / Clifton Snider / Dale Sprowl / Kendall Steinle / Adelle Stripe / Paul Kareem Tayyar / Kati Thomson / Jeri Thompson / Winston Tong / Margaret Towner / Mary Umans / Dirk Velvet / Melanie Villines / Fred Voss / Mark Weber / Tim Wells / Steve Williams / Pamela Miller Wood"

ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD tells the story of J. Herbert Klein - movie producer, builder, impresario, and inventor - who started life as an everyman and ended up working with some of the richest, most powerful people in the world. We meet Klein at the start of World War II as a 21-year-old U.S. Air Force private assigned to a new unit established to defeat the enemy with one of America's greatest inventions - movies. At the base, Klein meets his commanding officer - Captain Ronald W. Reagan, film star and future president of the United States - who puts the young recruit in charge of a top-secret project. In ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD, Klein is finally at liberty to reveal details of this operation - and to describe how Hollywood professionals helped bring about the Allies' victory. After the war, Klein takes over his family's business - and begins to build luxury homes for the rich and famous. During the late-1940s, he builds three houses in Bel Air for Howard Hughes - renowned aviator, entrepreneur, and movie producer - that the billionaire turns into love nests for his teenage protegees. In 1955, opportunity knocks when Hughes taps Klein to produce the star-studded DEATH OF A SCOUNDREL, one of the mogul's final forays into moviemaking that still creates a sensation on Turner Classic Movies. Klein offers new insights about Hughes in ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD - one of the few books about this American icon written from an insider's perspective. During the 1960s, Klein seizes another opportunity when he establishes a business partnership with Jon Hall - leading man of the 1930s and 1940s - that generates patents, technological innovations, and controversy. Hall believes his new invention - the anamorphic camera lens - can capture the invisible, including alien life forms, on film. Klein seeks proof for Hall's incredible claims - and ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD includes evidence, along with out-of-this-world, never-before-published photos.

A book for the young and young at heart -- written in the spirit of ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THE WIZARD OF OZ. ANNA & OTTO tells the story of a girl who wakes up on the edge of a forest, where nothing looks familiar. Soon, the girl realizes she can't remember her name, her age, what she looks like, or where she came from. A dog named Otto arrives, names her Anna, and they embark on a journey to learn the girls identity -- and cure her amnesia. Along the way, they meet a variety of offbeat characters -- both friend and foe -- who offer clues, advice, directions, and sometimes misdirections. Anna & Otto sometimes don't know if they're coming or going, which only makes sense -- because their names are spelled the same backwards and forwards.